How to Use dynamite in a Sentence

dynamite

1 of 3 noun
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  • The death penalty is political dynamite.
  • Of that stack, Shane Black’s was the stick of dynamite in the box of Cohibas.
    — Wyatt Mason, Harper’s Magazine , 6 Jan. 2023
  • The left side of the road is a sheer cut of rock, quartzite, phyllite, and limestone laid bare by dynamite.
    — Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Trump came not with a paintbrush but with a stick of dynamite.
    — Alex Thomas, The New Republic, 16 May 2022
  • Weaver was playing with dynamite in one hand, and a match in the other.
    — Roxanne Roberts, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Feb. 2021
  • Ray DeAutremont stood at the end of the tunnel, holding a suitcase packed with dynamite.
    — oregonlive, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Some of the largest pine mills in the world processed logs so massive that some first needed to be split by dynamite.
    — Mike Baker, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Whitney’s life is like a pile of dynamite just waiting for a match.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 23 Dec. 2022
  • The hole diggers with their half sticks of dynamite busted through hard rock.
    — Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 28 May 2021
  • By the end, Woodward decides that the real dynamite behind the door is in plain sight.
    — Peter Grier, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Oct. 2020
  • The first team to successfully steal all 20 sticks of dynamite from both of the other teams wins.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 18 Nov. 2021
  • When the dynamite detonated, a cloud of sand and whale puffed into the air.
    — Washington Post, 13 Nov. 2020
  • Klansmen had placed a bundle of dynamite outside the church under a set of stairs on that day in 1963.
    — Kimberly Chandler The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Their logo is a fierce-looking cartoon Blaster, ready to charge with a stick of dynamite in its jaws.
    — Andy Fies, ABC News, 15 Dec. 2023
  • The Sox are falling off a cliff, with a few sticks of dynamite strapped onto their backs, and into a vat of quicksand.
    — Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The tops and sides of entire mountains have been blasted away by dynamite.
    — James Bruggers, The Courier-Journal, 5 Jan. 2022
  • Sticks of dynamite packed with a timer had been planted under a bench in the corridor.
    — Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2021
  • There was a whole bit about palm reading and dynamite fishing.
    — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Others say the magma will need to be broken up by dynamite in order for the soil to be usable again.
    — Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Oct. 2021
  • Not much dynamite was required, because the cabin was eight feet wide by ten feet long.
    — The New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2022
  • Not quite 50 years ago, some young local men stole dynamite and blew up the gates that controlled the water flow into the aqueduct.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2023
  • This time, the event asked players to secure a supply of dynamite to set a trap in a tunnel for a massive armored train.
    — Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2021
  • The dynamite and pipe bombs were supplied by the FBI and could not have exploded, officials said.
    — NBC News, 27 Feb. 2021
  • One, a suitcase full of dynamite, went off after midnight at the L.A. Times, where men were still working; 21 were killed.
    — Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2021
  • The cartoon shows Fudd chasing his nemesis Bugs Bunny with a scythe before the rabbit puts a stick of lit dynamite in the hunter's mouth.
    — Danielle Garrand, CBS News, 11 June 2020
  • Boom went the dynamite while more than 17 million people watched the former royals live.
    — Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2021
  • At Temple Beth-El, the burning fuses were put out by heavy rainfall and the dynamite did not explode.
    — al, 16 July 2022
  • The dynamite planted by KKK members was placed outside the church underneath the stairs.
    — Melissa Noel, Essence, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The bomb had 20 sticks of dynamite and a booster but luckily failed to detonate, possibly due to faulty wiring.
    — Journal Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2024
  • The decision to cull Brown's most powerful holiday songs into one dynamite album was a wise one.
    — EW.com, 16 Nov. 2023
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dynamite

2 of 3 verb
  • They plan to dynamite the old building.
  • And the tools of the trade are not pickaxes and dynamite.
    — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 12 Dec. 2020
  • Kennel was dynamite at the plate for the Eagles, with four hits, two runs scored and two RBIs.
    — oregonlive, 1 June 2022
  • Why is dynamite being kept in the middle of the largest city in the country and in the barracks where the army and their family live?
    — Stephanie Busari, CNN, 9 Mar. 2021
  • The weather for Thunder Over Louisville looks to be, ahem, dynamite.
    — Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 19 Apr. 2022
  • Danielle Evans' dynamite new collection proves a study in the form.
    — David Canfield, EW.com, 3 Nov. 2020
  • The well ran out of water in 1992 when a nearby company used dynamite to make a place to dump its waste.
    — al, 9 Nov. 2021
  • The extent of the explosion was perhaps excessive, as the crew did not use dynamite to open the Lake Hood end of the channel.
    — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 27 June 2021
  • The Browns don’t need to dynamite the roster of last year’s 6-10 underachievers.
    — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 5 Feb. 2020
  • Of course, having two dynamite freshmen step into the top three doesn’t hurt.
    — Joe Magill, cleveland, 13 Oct. 2022
  • People are aware of your presence, so this is a good time to make a dynamite first impression.
    — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 15 Dec. 2020
  • The Taglieris, who work in IT and finance, are used to hearing dynamite detonations at least once a month at the plant, the couple said.
    — Washington Post, 23 Apr. 2021
  • Like dynamite, the spices from Prince’s most volatile dish explode on the palate, torching every taste bud in their path in wave after wave of assaults.
    — Washington Post, 30 Apr. 2021
  • Personne may have found a way to dynamite this argument for much of the art NFT market.
    — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 23 Apr. 2021
  • Strip mining in Central Appalachia rips forests from the ground and uses dynamite to blast the tops and sides of mountains to get at coal buried hundreds of feet beneath them.
    — James Bruggers, The Courier-Journal, 18 Apr. 2022
  • The restaurant will take up 1,871 square feet and offer P.F. Chang’s menu items such as lettuce wraps and dynamite shrimp, according to a news release.
    — Austin Fuller, orlandosentinel.com, 6 Apr. 2021
  • Most of these outcrops were dynamited long ago, picking up during the building boom after the A train came to Inwood.
    — Amy Sohn, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2019
  • After thousands of miles of tunnels were dynamited and drilled, a giant open pit copper mine was dug near the headwaters of the creek.
    — New York Times, 25 June 2018
  • In the final, crowning, 48 minutes Tuesday night, Detroit ran dynamite under the Lakers’ ego and blew it to shreds.
    — Marlowe Alter, Detroit Free Press, 15 June 2020
  • Not only will there be a challenging schedule, but the practices should be dynamite.
    — Mick McCabe, Detroit Free Press, 30 June 2020
  • The mud-brick remnants of the purported tomb of the biblical prophet Jonah—dynamited to bits by the Islamic State in July 2014—sprawled in front of us.
    — Alice Martins, Smithsonian, 20 Sep. 2017
  • One group attempted—but failed—to dynamite an oil pipeline.
    — Trevor Paulhus, Smithsonian, 19 Sep. 2019
  • Other accounts claim family members dynamited the ship’s hull for the metal as late as the 1950s.
    — Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2019
  • Then, in 2018, the company returned to the region not with jobs or scholarships but with bulldozers and dynamite.
    — Mélissa Godin, Time, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Yes, actual gunfire and dynamite play a role in the proceedings.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, Detroit Free Press, 22 Oct. 2021
  • The mine opening itself has been dynamited shut, but the immense wooden structures still stick out from the mountainside.
    — Nathaniel Wilder, Smithsonian, 18 Apr. 2018
  • Harden hits Johnson with one of his cruelest tricks—crossover, then step-back three—and Johnson just crumbles to the floor, like a building being dynamited.
    — Devin Gordon, GQ, 12 Apr. 2018
  • Any obstacles can be obliterated swiftly by the right amount of self-help dynamite.
    — Ashley Leath, Country Living, 24 June 2021
  • Our carefully curated list includes only the cream of the crop – the dynamite your romantic partner is dreaming of.
    — Dallas News, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Bombs were planted at three elementary schools and dynamite was thrown into a school board building and an elementary school.
    — Janelle Davis, CNN, 17 Nov. 2022
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dynamite

3 of 3 adjective
  • They put on a dynamite performance.
  • Courtney Williams was dynamite for West Linn on both sides of the ball.
    — oregonlive, 25 May 2022
  • The glaze for the dynamite wings begins by adding bits of hot charcoal to a pan of date molasses, which is later strained and hit with harissa and lemon juice.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2022
  • Survivor: Redemption Island The first three episodes were dynamite, but then the fuse blew out.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 18 May 2023
  • He’s been mostly dynamite since then, winning five of his last seven games.
    — cleveland, 5 Jan. 2022
  • Create a grid pattern for your posts – here’s a great YouTube video to show you how (psst…Sam is also a dynamite Insta coach).
    — Ashley Stahl, Forbes, 11 July 2022
  • Kelsa and Khal are a winning duo with dynamite chemistry.
    — Robert Daniels, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2022
  • Test Kitchen came up with this dynamite slab pie as a way to celebrate pears, which often play second fiddle to apples in fall desserts.
    — oregonlive, 18 Nov. 2021
  • Could there really be dynamite dim sum without the DMV-style take-a-number system?
    — Michael Russell | The Oregonian/oregonlive, OregonLive.com, 10 May 2017
  • After the nerves subsided, Bullock burst onto the scene with a dynamite debut, flying to the ball and leading USC in tackles (eight).
    — Houston Mitchell Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2021
  • If need be, the former caretaker has a dynamite license.
    — Brent Underwood, Popular Mechanics, 13 Dec. 2020
  • Annie Chang, who plays Detective Song, is a dynamite dancer.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 14 Jan. 2022
  • But in the mid-1860s, an era without dynamite or heavy machinery, the task seemed unsurmountable.
    — Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Jan. 2022
  • But what this modern folk poet extraordinaire does have is a dynamite show that hums with raw honesty.
    — Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 25 May 2022
  • Expect the 5-foot-10 Barfield to burst onto the scene this season with dynamite athleticism, savvy court awareness and his eagerness to compete.
    — Glenn Graham, baltimoresun.com, 6 Dec. 2021
  • Smith had a dynamite performance against the Texans, leading the team with 16 tackles, two stops for losses and an interception in the closing moments that made the Bears a winner.
    — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 26 Sep. 2022
  • Hawkeye thus became a tale of two archers, and the dynamite dynamic between Clint and Kate cemented the comic as an instant classic.
    — Christian Holub, EW.com, 8 Dec. 2021
  • Martinez, who graduated early from high school to enroll at OSU in January, is a dynamite blend of power and speed.
    — oregonlive, 15 Apr. 2022
  • On Columbus Day in 1970, a Rochester mob underboss ordered that a series of dynamite bombs be set off in the early morning hours in houses of worship and government buildings.
    — Ray Sanchez, CNN, 9 Apr. 2022
  • Davis then issued an Allen charge, sometimes called a dynamite charge - telling jurors to keep deliberating.
    — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 29 Aug. 2022
  • The reclusive government blamed the explosions on fires set by farmers living near the military base and the negligent handling of dynamite stocks by the military unit guarding them.
    — Reuters, CNN, 11 Mar. 2021
  • Lanez mobilized his fanbase earlier in the day with the tease of a potentially dynamite admission.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2020
  • Dolly Parton has long been an American icon and is regarded as one of the greatest songwriters and singers of our time — not to mention, a dynamite TV and movie personality.
    — Nancy Anderson, Good Housekeeping, 5 Sep. 2022
  • Their love triangle was dynamite, with fans passionately split.
    — Amanda Ostuni, EW.com, 21 June 2022
  • Nautilus finished its dynamite third quarter with $72.8 millions of backorders.
    — oregonlive, 10 Nov. 2020
  • The director’s greatest asset in all this is a dynamite score by Cliff Martinez, its unsettling chordal progressions and jittery flights adding a modern edge to throwback suspense accompaniment.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Feb. 2022
  • Out Friday, the dynamic and dynamite Highwomen album contains a dozen songs that span classic country and contemporary Americana.
    — Sarah Rodman, EW.com, 6 Sep. 2019
  • Pieper has a dynamite personality, a creative mind, a master’s degree in marketing and a wonderful family who has supported all her endeavors.
    — oregonlive, 4 Jan. 2021
  • On screen, particularly through a dynamite star turn by Andrew Garfield, Miranda has discovered exhilarating new chords.
    — Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2022
  • The actresses playing the students themselves are dynamite comedians, especially Crabbe and Akibu, in supposedly subordinate roles; their reactions to Johnson’s Paulina, and to each other, are a production unto itself.
    — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2019

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