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

Those that the grizzlies puncture or bust open must go back to their manufacturers’ drawing boards.

From Washington Post • Nov. 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

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