bust open

Example Sentences

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But such events are also drawing the working and middle classes, who bust open savings and borrow money to afford spiraling prices.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 27, 2026

“If a lot of them hatch at the same time, they’re able to bust open the cysts,” Ochola says.

From Science Magazine • Feb. 27, 2022

He swung with enough force to bust open a steel pinata, but hit nothing but nitrogen and oxygen.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 2, 2021

Then, I heard the door was about to bust open.

From New York Times • Oct. 13, 2020

The kind of tears that burn your eyes, and the sort of sobs that make your chest ache so that you’re sure it’s going to bust open.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan