Example Sentences

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Stewart hasn’t visited the site, but said a large head scarp, which marks the top of a landslide, is visible in photos of the area, “indicating substantial movement” that could have ruptured the pipeline.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2025

Those people were each compared to nine people of the same age and sex, for a total of 43,911 people who did not have ruptured brain aneurysms.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2024

Since we’d never had water issues in our basement before, I jumped to the erroneous conclusion that our hot water heater must have ruptured.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 23, 2022

Many are likely on the ocean floor, but an unknown number may have ruptured and disgorged their contents, which typically include many thousands of consumer items made of plastic.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2021

Where blisters have ruptured, the better plan is to apply some antiseptic, like tincture of iodine, and after having allowed it to dry, stick on some plaster as already directed.

From Health on the Farm A Manual of Rural Sanitation and Hygiene by Harris, H. F. (Henry Fauntleroy)