bust open

Example Sentences

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“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

"So we're good, but we're gonna keep plugging and we're definitely waiting for that offence to bust open."

From BBC • Jul. 24, 2021

The Panamanians were cognizant of Pulisic’s capacity to bust open their defense.

From Washington Post • Mar. 29, 2017

Come Sunday, Shula will send his atypical offense out to try to bust open holes in Phillips’s suffocating defense.

From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2016

I fall down and bust open my knee.

From "The Skin I'm In" by Sharon G. Flake