combustible

Example Sentences

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Automakers are also racing to shift away from combustible engines under EU rules that call for 90 percent of all cars sold in the bloc to be electric by 2035.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

Put that setup in the anything-goes hands of Schoenbrun and it should make for a combustible combination of genre, persona, desire and fun.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

But his exacting standards and quick temper—to say nothing of his combustible relationship with the ensemble’s formidable chief executive, Ernest Fleischmann—resulted in Mr. Thomas’s unceremonious departure from the organization.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

The talented but combustible Italian established a fine reputation at Brighton and is available having left Marseille by mutual consent in February.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

But all of a sudden, more than you know, he’s outside somewhere, sometimes even alone, crossing the streets, scaling rocks, wrestling with dogs, swimming in pits, getting into everything mechanical and combustible and toxic.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee