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 bust
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past perfectof bust.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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“And his mouth—he had bust his lip. But he was still happy and everything.”
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 29, 2015
When that seen had bust onto us it wuz some like a blind man comin' to his sight in the middle of a June day.
From Samantha at the World's Fair by Baron C. de Grimm
A Spooner had "bust loose," and to the Spooners belonged the first duty of handling their own law-breakers.
From The Code of the Mountains by Charles Neville Buck
Oh, there was no denying that she had a good house and good servants and had done altogether well for herself until in a fit of wickedness she had bust it all.
From Joanna Godden by Sheila Kaye-Smith
Of course I felt for a minute as if my gas-balloon had bust, when you told me that the lovely Rose was going to marry Dr. Flower; but I guess it is all right.
From Hildegarde's Neighbors by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards
