Example Sentences

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Samuel has been bursting for this opportunity his entire life.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2024

Secretary of State John Foster Dulles took ill and Britain's Prime Minister Harold Macmillan stepped forward toward the leadership of the free world, the British press has been bursting with local pride.

From Time Magazine Archive

Alabama's Governor George Wallace for weeks has been bursting with tall talk.

From Time Magazine Archive

I will tell you, madam, every thing! for my heart has been bursting to open itself, and nobody have I dared trust.

From Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress — Volume 3 by Burney, Fanny

For several days the mountain has been bursting forth in flame and immense quantities of lava are flowing down its sides.

From The San Francisco calamity by earthquake and fire by Morris, Charles