Word: burstingly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...veteran of the Pacific was passed along by a junior executive, who was unfavorably impressed by his willingness to take "anything," to a junior executive who told him, kindly, "You know, I don't think this is exactly the job for you." Upon hearing this, the young hero burst into tears...
...Pirate. When he was offered the editorship of London, a literary weekly, Henley burst into the inner circle of the intellectual world with a bull-like roar and the sound of breaking china. Bearded, massive, gaunt, propelling himself vigorously on heavy crutches like a "maimed Berserk," Henley made a spectacular impression. Young Robert Louis Stevenson instantly selected him as model for the one-legged pirate Long John Silver in Treasure Island...
There had been warnings of labor troubles. But last week's explosion caught Washington unprepared. Even as Labor Secretary Lewis B. Schwellenbach worked over plans for a labor-management get-together, war burst...
There was a pained silence. Then it burst in a hubbub of jeers and cheers. From the chair, Ebby Edwards, bell in hand, energetically clanged down further discussion. Even bristling Comrade Tarasov was gagged by Ebby's veto. Next day he protested by letter against Meany's "insults, lies and calumnies." which would "provoke in the ranks of workers in my country the deepest resentment...
...peak the Japanese tide of conquest had covered approximately one-tenth of the globe, encompassed 400 million of the world's two billion population. Japan's Greater East Asia bubble had burst...