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burst upon

VERB
  1. spring suddenly
    He burst upon our conversation

How To Use burst upon In A Sentence

  • It's that time of year when gimmicky wines with daft labels burst upon us in the supermarkets.
  • Then the facts are burst upon them, and they shrink from their husbands in loathing and horror.
  • The meaning of what had been said burst upon her.
  • Isella was found to be a mother; and then the storm burst upon her and drabbled her in the dust as fearlessly as the summer-wind sweeps down and besmirches the lily it has all summer been wooing and flattering. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 43, May, 1861 Creator
  • Then the facts are burst upon them, and they shrink from their husbands in loathing and horror.
  • As he lay on the infuser and the dark glow flooded his anguished mind, the truth had burst upon him like a bolt from Belbe's plasma discharger. Nemesis
  • The truth burst upon me.
  • My sounds seemed momentarily to disconcert the boar, and while he halted and shifted his weight with indecision, an apparition burst upon us. CHAPTER III
  • The first spectacular flower show of the year is about to burst upon the countryside. Times, Sunday Times
  • At the point where we descended from our carriage to look from the upland out over the vast hollow of land and sea toward Pozzuoli, which is so interesting as the scene of Jove's memorable struggle with the Titans, and just when we were really beginning to feel equal to it, a company of minstrels suddenly burst upon us with guitars and mandolins and comic songs much dramatized, while the immediate natives offered us violets and other distracting flowers. Roman Holidays, and Others
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