How To Use Burst upon In A Sentence
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It's that time of year when gimmicky wines with daft labels burst upon us in the supermarkets.
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Then the facts are burst upon them, and they shrink from their husbands in loathing and horror.
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The meaning of what had been said burst upon her.
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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
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Then the facts are burst upon them, and they shrink from their husbands in loathing and horror.
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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
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The truth burst upon me.
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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
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The first spectacular flower show of the year is about to burst upon the countryside.
Times, Sunday Times
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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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As we passed the point the whole cove burst upon our view, a half-moon of white sandy beach upon which broke a huge surf, and which was covered with myriads of seals.
Chapter 28
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And lo! as I went from under that huge and dreadful overhang of the great waters, there came downward from the height a great stone that had been cast by the Jet, and it burst upon the rock to my back, and certain of the flinders did strike and ring upon mine armour, and made me to stagger as I ran.
The Night Land
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The truth burst upon him , ie He suddenly realized it.
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Only in 1857 did attendance begin to fall off as another phenomenon of art burst upon the world.
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The meaning of what had been said burst upon her.
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We burst upon the enemy ships.
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He burst upon our conversation
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She, too, was in debt; "frightfully" her husband had used the right word; "hopelessly" so far as satisfying her creditors, even out of the large allowance Mr. Ferrars made her; and still she had not the courage voluntarily to tell the truth, which yet she knew must burst upon him ere long.
The Wedding Guest
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The first spectacular flower show of the year is about to burst upon the countryside.
Times, Sunday Times
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A tremendous storm brewing to windward, cut short our intended drive; and, putting the nags to their best pace, we barely succeeded in obtaining shelter ere it burst upon us; and such a pelter as it came down, who ever saw?
Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada
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The meaning of what had been said burst upon her.
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And then aspects of war burst upon their peaceful idyll.
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At this moment an idea burst upon him — a glorious idea.
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Then the hopelessness of his position burst upon him like a red strontian fire.
McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 2, January, 1896
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We burst upon the enemy ships.
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At length, after various twistings and turnings in that deep and devious lane; after scaring one or two farmers, and riding over a brood or two of ducks; dipping into the verdant valley of West End, and ascending another hill, Turpin burst upon the gorsy, sandy, and beautiful heath of
Rookwood
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The view burst upon our sight.
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We burst upon the enemy ships.
