combustible

Example Sentences

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They were behind the decision to bring in Tudor, the combustible Croatian with a chequered coaching career and no Premier League experience, to succeed the sacked Thomas Frank.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

Yet those insulating materials may be combustible, as in the Grenfell fire.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

The romantic intrigue involving Hedda, Lovborg and Thea is more passionately combustible than the one involving Hedda, George and Judge Brack.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

The author also keeps an eye on the larger socio-political context, particularly in Philadelphia during the Mayor Frank Rizzo era, when racial tension was combustible.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 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