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Burst out

verb

Give sudden release to an expression. "'I hate you,' she burst out"

Appear suddenly. Synonym: pop out.

Erupt or intensify suddenly. Synonyms: break open, erupt, flare, flare up, irrupt. "Tempers flared at the meeting" , "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism"

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"Burst out" Quotes from Famous Books

... all my might, I felt an inner compulsion to work: I took up Siegfried again, and began to compose the second act. I had not made up my mind what name to give to my new place of refuge. As the introductory part of this act turned out very well, thanks to my favourable frame of mind, I burst out laughing at the thought that I ought to call my new home 'Fafner's Ruhe,' to correspond with the first piece of work done in it. It was not destined to be so, however. The property continued to be called simply 'Asyl,' and I have designated ...

— My Life, Volume II • Richard Wagner

... and indeed much less would have sufficed in Berta's case, for the natural vivacity of her disposition inclined her to all kinds of pranks. Opposition irritated her to such a degree as to set her crying. But what tears! Suddenly, in the midst of her sobs, she would burst out laughing, for her soul was all gayety, spontaneous, contagious gayety, the gayety of the birds ...

— Stories by Foreign Authors: Spanish • Various

... wouldn't expect you to play the man at a real execution or at anything real, but surely you can pull yourself together enough to play the man at a mock execution. What a chance! You can leave a reputation as great as your brother's—greater, even; you could crack jokes and burst out laughing just when they ...

— The Spread Eagle and Other Stories • Gouverneur Morris

... he was recognized as a professional authority on what the town called "gents' furnishings") about his own clothes. She persuaded him not to wear the small bow ties which made him look like an elongated Sunday School scholar. Once she burst out: ...

— Main Street • Sinclair Lewis

... Richard to suppresse thy voice: For had the passions of thy heart burst out, I feare we should haue seene decipher'd there More rancorous spight, more furious raging broyles, Then yet can be imagin'd or suppos'd: But howsoere, no simple man that sees This iarring discord of Nobilitie, This shouldering of each other in the Court, This factious bandying of their ...

— The First Folio [35 Plays] • William Shakespeare

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