burst
verb (used without object)
to break, break open, or fly apart with sudden violence.
have been bursting
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present perfect progressiveof burst.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
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 a snowy man on horseback in a big coat, and with saddle-pockets that might have been bursting with toys for children in the little cabin at the head of the stream.
From Christmas Eve on Lonesome and Other Stories by F. C. (Frederick Coffay) Yohn
