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

And, say, for a minute there I thought we had bust up the show.

From Torchy, Private Sec. by Lincoln, F. Foster

It was suggested that perhaps the gun had "bust"; but the straw was too thin to be worth catching at.

From The Siege of Kimberley by Phelan, T.

But herein the v-f-g had bust his milk-jug.

From The Enormous Room by Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin)

Why, the night of the fire I threw your suit case out of the window, and when I went down to get it, it had bust open and was full of swell silver-backed things.

From The New Boy at Hilltop by Barbour, Ralph Henry