burst in on
Example Sentences
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It was evening when she burst in on me while I was getting ready to go out with friends, breaking the news with surface details about a car crash.
From Salon ● Nov. 21, 2020
They burst in on a megabucks London auction but unexpectedly come up empty.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 11, 2013
Parise then scooted past Del Zotto and burst in on a two-on-one break with Zajac.
From New York Times ● May 22, 2012
A police detachment burst in on a Sunday school class with orders that no one was to enter or leave until the president’s safety could be ensured.
From Washington Post
But, as time went by, and no one burst in on them to gloat about the successful trick, that seemed less and less likely.
From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
