bursting

Example Sentences

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Yet this character—born on July 4, 1900—arrives from the heartland, bursting with big dreams.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 24, 2026

NI had a longer and deeper recession than the rest of the UK after 2008 when the bursting of a property price bubble shattered the balance sheets of many households and businesses.

From BBC • Jun. 23, 2026

The public discourse is bursting with timelines, but frankly, those are all just shots in the dark, as AGI will require another breakthrough moment like the launch of ChatGPT.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 22, 2026

Released in May, his dynamic new album, “Sangú” — Spanglish for “sounds good!” — is bursting with the free-spirited energy he’s cultivated in the decades since he came to the United States from Cuba.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

There was a hundred years of speech, pent up, bursting to erupt.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell