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.
were busting
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past progressiveof bust.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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But federal immigration agents stormed onto company property in Camarillo and Carpinteria on July 10 in a cloud of tear gas, as if they were busting a criminal enterprise.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2025
“At first, the other officers were busting on him, calling him the ‘trash police,’ ” Dietz said.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 4, 2017
By 1996, many new technologies were busting into the tech zeitgeist: PCs, the Internet, the Mosaic browser and the hypertext links that made possible the World Wide Web.
From Newsweek ● Mar. 11, 2015
"We were busting out this, like, honky-tonk music," nods Shears.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 17, 2010
“You and Daddy can’t come. I’d never be able to get down the track knowing you were busting a gut in the stands.”
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
