bust
noun
a sculptured, painted, drawn, or engraved representation of the upper part of the human figure, especially a portrait sculpture showing only the head and shoulders of the subject.
busts
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present tense formof bust (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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She motioned to the Egyptian busts and said: "These heads, they talk to me."
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
People extrapolate the good times too much in booms, and the bad times during busts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Communities soon removed statues and busts of him and scrubbed his name from streets, parks and schools.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
The past booms and busts within the memory market have kept Micron’s stock multiple in check despite soaring near-term earnings.
From MarketWatch ● May 4, 2026
It was like the scene from Alice in Wonderland where she drinks the tea and then grows so quickly, she busts out of the house.
From "I Will Always Write Back" by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda
