busted
Example Sentences
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Louis, in comparison, is kinda busted — gloomy, tortured, unable to fully embrace the everlasting banquet Lestat has laid out for him.
From Salon • Jun. 13, 2026
“If you went to the hospital with a busted knee, they would fix it, and that would cost more than an IVF cycle.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
Wildlife officers have busted an illegal cockroach-breeding operation in rural Australia, seizing a skin-crawling haul worth more than $100,000 on the black market for exotic bugs.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
Esiobu, who runs the engineering and robotics club, said there had been an “emergency” fix for a busted system.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
It looked to be quite a good hat, with grapes on it, better than the one that got busted up in the accident.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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