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.
had been busting
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past perfect progressiveof bust.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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For two weeks before the round-up the outfit had been busting broncos at the home ranch.
From The Round-Up A romance of Arizona novelized from Edmund Day's melodrama by Edmund Day
