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am bursting

  • present progressive of burst (1st person singular).

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“From the inside, I am bursting with pride for all the people of Kherson who have endured this,” he said.

From New York Times Nov. 11, 2022

“From the inside, I am bursting with pride for all the people of Kherson who have endured this.’

From New York Times Nov. 11, 2022

"I have never felt more alive, and I am bursting with ambition. I have never had a greater gift than this operation. I am going to make some great art, and I am so excited."

From BBC Apr. 22, 2019

I am bursting with anger and restrained indignation.

From The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters by McKenzie, Aimée G. Leffingwel

I am bursting with talk, and it is such a laborious nuisance having to write everything I want to say.

From Dear Enemy by Webster, Jean