have been bursting
- present perfect progressive of burst.
Example Sentences
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The mudflows making life miserable in McCloud, he said, have been bursting out of Konwakiton Glacier, an ice sheet just below Shasta’s summit that feeds runoff into Mud Creek.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2021
Kirstein’s Rolodex must have been bursting by graduation.
From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2019
You’d think his 13-year-old son would have been bursting with pride, but I was closer to mortified.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 15, 2018
Officials said molten rock, toxic gas and steam have been bursting through openings in the ground created by the volcano.
From Washington Times ● May 6, 2018
There was not a soul in sight, and, though the children must have been bursting with interest and curiosity, not one was to be seen.
From The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson by Sanchez, Nellie Van de Grift
