How to Use burn up in a Sentence

burn up

verb
  • Some Pieris species burn up in the hot South.
    — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 1 May 2026
  • N***ers never get burnt up in buildings.
    — Literary Hub, 17 June 2026
  • Like any oil, neem oil can cause plant foliage to burn up in the sun, so keep that in mind when applying.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The service module will burn up in the atmosphere.
    — Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 20 Jan. 2026
  • The service module will burn up in the atmosphere.
    — Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Firefighters said the fire started on the second floor of the building's light well and burned up to the roof.
    — Tim Fang, CBS News, 13 May 2026
  • In most cases, objects burn up before reaching the surface.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Most of the material will burn up during reentry.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 15 June 2026
  • If nothing is done, the spacecraft and the three telescopes on board will burn up in the atmosphere within months.
    — Anna Y. Q. Ho, Scientific American, 29 June 2026
  • When the temperature rises to more than single digits, the Earth might burn up!
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2026
  • While most meteors burn up, larger pieces can sometimes survive the journey and reach Earth.
    — Kate Perez, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Many have irregular or pock-marked shapes, while others have a smooth crust from their time burning up in our atmosphere.
    — Adam Lark, Scientific American, 28 June 2026
  • Many have irregular or pock-marked shapes, while others have a smooth crust from their time burning up in our atmosphere.
    — Adam Lark, The Conversation, 16 June 2026
  • Over the last couple of weeks, Johnson has been burning up miles across the state covering games and selling books.
    — Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
  • As part of that, ESA scientists are studying what happens when satellites burn up.
    — Leonard David, Space.com, 31 Jan. 2026
  • The $23-million satellite burned up in Earth’s atmosphere as a result.
    — Lee Billings, Scientific American, 29 May 2026
  • Each April, Earth plows through its dusty trail — tiny grains burning up in the atmosphere at around 30 miles per second.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Pieces of it burn up in our atmosphere, creating the spectacular meteors that streak across the sky.
    — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Satellites also enter the atmosphere at the end of their life, supposedly burning up.
    — Matthew Ray, The Conversation, 13 May 2026
  • In most cases, the hardware burns up harmlessly in the atmosphere, but occasionally some parts can make it through.
    — Denise Chow, NBC news, 10 Mar. 2026
  • In an instant, our shaky courtroom sketch of Pearl the flighty young mother, Pearl the drunk, gets burned up and eclipsed by Pearl the mystic.
    — Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The upper stage will then reenter the Earth’s atmosphere and burn up over the Pacific Ocean.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The cargo vehicle will stay attached to the station for about seven months, then depart to burn up in Earth's atmosphere.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 3 May 2026
  • But now Swift is falling back to Earth on a trajectory at an increasing rate and will burn up in our atmosphere soon, if nothing is done.
    — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 26 June 2026
  • After prox ops, ICPS will fire its engine one more time, setting the stage on a course to burn up in Earth's atmosphere.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 31 Mar. 2026
  • These asteroids, known as imminent impactors, mostly burn up in our atmosphere, producing brilliant fireballs in the sky.
    — Quanta Magazine, 15 May 2026
  • The decay rate will increase as the spacecraft dips into denser layers of the atmosphere until Swift finally burns up during reentry.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 19 June 2026
  • Satellite 35956 then returned to Earth and burned up in the atmosphere in January.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Progress 93 burned up in Earth's atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, the fate that awaits all Progress craft when their missions are over.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Wildfires continued to burn up large areas of Broward and Miami-Dade counties on Monday.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 11 May 2026

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