How to Use combustible in a Sentence

combustible

adjective
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  • The fuel is highly combustible.
  • One is the direct flame contact, which means that the fire is moving through some kind of combustible material.
    — Umair Irfan, Vox, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Known for their hot, dry nature, Santa Ana winds sap moisture from vegetation, leaving grasses, shrubs and trees highly combustible.
    — Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Swedish Match still makes 30% of its sales from combustible cigars.
    — Carol Ryan, WSJ, 7 Oct. 2020
  • The movie felt cold yet combustible, and there was that lunatic car chase.
    — James Gray, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Keep the puck away from the sun or any combustible material.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 26 June 2022
  • The tree’s sap is extremely combustible and could throw sparks.
    — Christine Dempsey, courant.com, 10 Dec. 2020
  • The band’s passion is combustible; Kapetan said everyone was in tears by the end of the recording.
    — Alex Suskind, Vulture, 6 June 2024
  • Areas of the country are very hot and dry, and many native plants are fire prone and combustible.
    — Julia Hollingsworth, CNN, 9 Sep. 2019
  • Choose other mulches, or keep any combustible mulches at least five feet from your home.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Tension builds as War Pony makes its way to a combustible finish.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 May 2022
  • Even for a diehard Pavement fan like me, the combustible beauty of these tunes was mind-blowing.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2022
  • The building was gutted as the fire was fed by highly combustible glues inside the store.
    — Carol Cormaci, La Cañada Valley Sun, 23 Sep. 2019
  • The combustible components in safety matches are split between the match head and the striking strip on the side of the box (or book).
    — Keith McCafferty, Field & Stream, 3 June 2020
  • Troops moved in the valleys and acrid smoke bellowed where shells had hit combustible targets.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2021
  • The atmosphere around youth and high school sports is already combustible.
    — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 14 June 2022
  • But one thing that’s clear: Some rosters are way more combustible than others.
    — Conor Orr, SI.com, 9 July 2019
  • Ghost promises of the two combustible forces igniting venues.
    — Shaheem Reid, Billboard, 21 July 2022
  • Keep in Mind This isn't a good choice for wood patios or other combustible surfaces.
    — Laura (fisher) Matta, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 July 2023
  • In short, the Lebanon-Israel border is at present a combustible front at risk of explosion.
    — Asher Kaufman, The Conversation, 24 June 2024
  • The combustible blend of fire and air makes for a dynamic partnership.
    — Liz Simmons, StyleCaster, 12 Aug. 2024
  • In all, 40 out of the 76 wells tested by ABC News across five states were leaking oil or combustible gas when they were tested.
    — Evan Simon, ABC News, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Though given how combustible those two were on that film, a reunion probably wasn’t in the cards.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 26 June 2024
  • Things are bad enough — combustible enough — and that’s before Gary and Jack ring up Ray and Michael and tell them that two of their rams have appeared on their side of the hill, dead.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2024
  • Aries, the first sign of the zodiac, is known for its fiery, combustible, and passionate nature.
    — Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 27 Mar. 2024
  • What the effect of this attack might be on the combustible politics of the region in question matters not a jot.
    — The New Yorker, 20 May 2022
  • Los Angeles wants the unhoused out of its combustible canyons.
    — Piper French, The New Republic, 22 Sep. 2021
  • The reasons for failure ranged from the presence of combustible materials to faulty wiring and more.
    — Christopher Weber, Quartz, 7 Feb. 2024
  • With combustible items like this there really isn’t a limit on how many. ....
    — Eric Zorn, chicagotribune.com, 11 June 2021
  • There’s no way around the fact that at some point, this could become a combustible situation.
    — Jeremy Woo, SI.com, 11 July 2019

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