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01. My little brother [bust] his arm when he fell out of the cherry tree.
02. The police [busted] him for possession of marijuana.
03. Marius has a [bust] of Beethoven on his piano to inspire him when he plays.
04. Hailey kind of slouches over because she is self-conscious about her big [bust].
05. The firemen had to [bust] the door down to get to those trapped in the basement.
06. Our company went [bust] after oil prices went up because we could no longer compete with American companies.
07. Why do you insist on driving after you've been drinking? I hope you get [busted]; then maybe you'll learn your lesson.
08. She had a [bust] of herself done by a local sculptor.
09. Freddie [bust] his leg while skiing, and is out for the season.
10. The actress had her [bust] reduced because her large breasts were giving her back pains.
11. The [busts] of ancient Rome were generally carved in marble, often using a wax death mask.
12. The cops [busted] a guy that I work with for starting a fight at a bar.
13. The temple is decorated with a series of [busts] depicting the various gods.
14. The police scored an important drug [bust] today with the arrest of a major cocaine supplier.
15. Actress Marlee Matlin once had a plaster [bust] made of her [bust] as a present for her boyfriend.
16. Josh Billings once said that the best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or [bust].

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • bust-up — n informal 1.) the end of a relationship bust up of ▪ the bust up of their marriage →bust up at ↑bust1 2.) BrE a very bad quarrel or fight ▪ Cathy and I had a real bust up yesterday …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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  • bust — [n1] chest of human bosom, breast, chest, front; concept 392 bust [n2] arrest for illegal action apprehension, arrest, capture, cop, detention, nab, pickup, pinch, raid, search, seizure; concepts 298,317 Ant. exoneration bust [v1] …   New thesaurus

  • bust — ust (b[u^]st), v. i. 1. To break or burst. [informal] [PJC] 2. (Card Playing) In blackjack, to draw a card that causes one s total to exceed twenty one. [PJC] 3. To go bankrupt. [PJC] {to go bust} to go bankrupt. {or bust} or collapse from the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Bust — may refer to: * Bust (sculpture), a sculpture depicting a person s head and shoulders * Bust (magazine), a feminist pop culture magazine * An alternative term for an arrest. * An alternative term for human breasts. * A song by Outkast from… …   Wikipedia

  • bust — Ⅰ. bust [1] ► NOUN 1) a woman s breasts. 2) a sculpture of a person s head, shoulders, and chest. ORIGIN French buste, from Latin bustum tomb, sepulchral monument . Ⅱ. bust [2] informal …   English terms dictionary

  • bust — bust1 [bust] n. [Fr buste < It busto] 1. a piece of sculpture representing the head, shoulders, and upper chest of a human body 2. the human bosom; esp., the breasts of a woman SYN. BREAST bust2 [bust] Informal vt. [orig., dial. var. of …   English World dictionary

  • bust|ed — «BUHS tihd», adjective. 1. Slang. broken. 2. Informal. ruined; bankrupt. busted, combining form. having a bust: »Full busted = having a full bust …   Useful english dictionary

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