combustible

Example Sentences

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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

If those Lakers — combustible and bored but built better than every other team on the planet at the time — could turn the triple play, so can Roberts’ drama-free superteam.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

Mr. Homan defused a combustible situation by adjusting the style and substance of immigration enforcement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

The calm that followed has been imposed rather than negotiated, leaving the situation highly combustible.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026

On the day the fire started, over 55 miles of pine- block streets and 600 miles of wooden sidewalks bound the 23,000 acres of the city in a highly combustible knot.

From "The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy