skyrocketed; skyrocketing; skyrockets
: to shoot up abruptly
prices are skyrocketing
Examples of skyrocket in a Sentence
Verb
His popularity skyrocketed after his latest movie.
the crisis has caused oil prices to skyrocket
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E.j. Antoni, Boston Herald, 6 Apr. 2026
But then the political risk to those remarks and his entire sort of strategy rhetorically skyrocketed after an airplane was shot down in Iran.
—CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
Iran's attacks on Gulf energy infrastructure and its tight grip on the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world's oil and natural gas transits in peacetime, have roiled stock markets, sent oil prices skyrocketing and threatened to raise the cost of many basic goods, including food.
—Arkansas Online, 4 Apr. 2026
The crowdsourced reviewing site reports internet searches for lessons grew 819% from September 2024 to August 2025, while searches for mahjong clubs skyrocketed 4,467%.
—Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2026
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Verb
About one-fifth of the world’s oil and natural gas supply has been disrupted by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, causing energy prices to skyrocket.
—E.j. Antoni, Boston Herald, 6 Apr. 2026
But then the political risk to those remarks and his entire sort of strategy rhetorically skyrocketed after an airplane was shot down in Iran.
—CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
Iran's attacks on Gulf energy infrastructure and its tight grip on the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world's oil and natural gas transits in peacetime, have roiled stock markets, sent oil prices skyrocketing and threatened to raise the cost of many basic goods, including food.
—Arkansas Online, 4 Apr. 2026
The crowdsourced reviewing site reports internet searches for lessons grew 819% from September 2024 to August 2025, while searches for mahjong clubs skyrocketed 4,467%.
—Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for skyrocket
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“Skyrocket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skyrocket. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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skyrocket
1 of 2 noun
sky·rock·et
ˈskī-ˌräk-ət 
skyrocket
2 of 2 verb1
: to shoot up suddenly
costs have skyrocketed
2
: to cause to rise or increase rapidly
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