Sample sentences for VOLATILE - verbalworkout.com

2 meanings

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1 —as in:
a volatile situation

Definition

quick to change; or emotionally explosive

volatile = emotionally explosive

Other Uses (with this meaning)

It is a volatile stock market.
a volatile situation with troops and rioters eager for a confrontation
My father was a volatile, extremely complicated person, possessed of a brash demeanor that masked deep insecurities.
Jon Krakauer -- Into the Wild

volatile = emotionally unstable (quick to anger)

Perhaps his superiors wanted to rid the Imperial Guards of an unstable and venomous soldier, or perhaps they wanted to put his volatility to use.
Laura Hillenbrand -- Unbroken

volatility = quickness to get angry

Now guards, staffers, and counselors converge on the quad in panic, trying to herd this volatile gathering of kids back to their places, but no one will leave.
Neal Shusterman -- Unwind

volatile = emotionally unstable and unpredictable

Princes, however, married women of the people to keep up the morale of our sometimes volatile nation.
Kiera Cass -- The Selection

volatile = unstable (quick to anger)

The doctors told Mother that Shawn's injury might have altered his personality—that in the hospital, he had shown tendencies toward volatility, even violence, and that such changes might be permanent.
Tara Westover -- Educated

volatility = being emotionally explosive

But if there is difficulty and volatility in the world of the Tipping Point, there is a large measure of hopefulness as well.
Malcolm Gladwell -- The Tipping Point

volatility = quickness to change

Logan said nothing, sensing her volatile state.
Nicholas Sparks -- The Lucky One

volatile = emotionally explosive

2 —as in:
a volatile liquid

Definition

evaporating rapidly at normal temperatures and pressures

or:

prone to physically explode

volatile = evaporating rapidly at normal temperatures and pressures

Other Uses (with this meaning)

The country is still too volatile to remove peace-keeping troops.
The VIX measures market volatility.
The universe is fluid and volatile.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo -- Essays, First Series
You'll still be volatile, but not as bad as before.
Neal Shusterman -- Unwind

volatile = prone to physically explode

But, nevertheless, it is anything but agreeable to be haunted by a suspicion that one's intellect is dwindling away, or exhaling, without your consciousness, like ether out of a phial; so that, at every glance, you find a smaller and less volatile residuum.
Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The Scarlet Letter

volatile = evaporating

Even a small amount of Imperial gold could be incredibly volatile. Exposed to too much heat or pressure, the stuff would explode with devastating impact...
Rick Riordan -- The Blood of Olympus

volatile = prone to physically explode

It says that alcohol is a colorless volatile liquid
Douglas Adams -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

volatile = evaporating rapidly at normal temperatures and pressures

It was also distilled to a volatile salts for fainting...
Melville, Herman -- Moby Dick I-LXVII
it was heated to evaporate the volatiles

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