How to Use bust in a Sentence

bust

1 of 3 noun

• My first day on set was the scene where Bella gives Dave the bust of his head.
  — Ashley Cullins, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 June 2023
• Lime juice: For a classic daiquiri, lime juice is a bust.
  — Taylor Tobin, Southern Living, 9 Apr. 2024
• For much of the Eastern United States, the winter of 2023 has been a bust.
  — Sara Lang, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Mar. 2023
• Other parts of the country, though, may end up in a cloudy bust.
  — Eric Henderson, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2024
• Full Bust: For those with a fuller bust, support is key.
  — Maya Polton Updated, Parents, 10 Aug. 2023
• What’s more, the bra has earned praise from a variety of bust sizes.
  — Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 13 Mar. 2024
• Unsplash After the boom comes the bust—which the world of craft beer is now learning.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 29 Jan. 2024
• The top is a stretchy gauze that will fit smaller or larger busts.
  — Mia Huelsbeck, Peoplemag, 30 May 2023
• And just like in years past, the 2023 NFL draft class features plenty of boom-or-bust prospects.
  — Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2023
• The bikini top straps were down and tied to form a keyhole at her bust, with the strings hanging down.
  — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 9 July 2023
• For example, measure around the fullest part of your bust, hips, and waist.
  — Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2024
• No matter the sport, no matter the era, there’s always a cycle of boom and bust.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2023
• By his own admission, his first start-up, Loopt, was a bust.
  — Gerrit De Vynck, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2023
• The find last Sunday was among three busts at the busy border crossing over the weekend.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2024
• To older workers, the purge is both a reminder of the dotcom bust, and a new frontier.
  — Amanda Hoover, WIRED, 13 Mar. 2024
• Photograph: Alamy Boom and bust don’t hit much harder than in the Bering Sea.
  — WIRED, 8 Nov. 2023
• Delevingne was wearing a sheer black top with opaque details along the bust.
  — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 9 Sep. 2023
• Free agent bust Isaiah Oliver was moved out of the nickel role.
  — Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2024
• The glory days of VC are over, and if history is any guide, the tech bust should last through 2024 and beyond.
  — Edward Chancellor, WIRED, 12 Jan. 2024
• The new boom and bust Going through boom and bust cycles has been part and parcel of life in the Inland Empire.
  — Don Lee, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2024
• Stepping out in the city, the actress looked elegant in a black minidress with white lace trim on the bust from Alessandra Rich.
  — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 Mar. 2023
• To really drive home the hairy point, the strapless piece features silver hair clips attached to the bust and waist.
  — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 26 May 2023
• Subtract your band size from your bust measurement to find your cup size.
  — Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping, 26 July 2023
• My obsessions with portraiture, busts and books are in the very fabric of me.
  — Julia Halperin, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2024
• Less than two years ago, Benson was worried about being a bust.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 26 Mar. 2023
• After the two lifted the cloth to reveal the bust of Howley that will now take its rightful place in the Hall, Lilly bent over and kissed it on the head.
  — David Moore, Dallas News, 5 Aug. 2023
• From draft busts to the first ever team in league history to go winless through a 16-game season, their fans have been through the wringer.
  — Ben Morse, CNN, 17 Feb. 2024
• The bold strapless dress had a glistening swirl pattern all over and a netted corset bust.
  — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 4 Apr. 2023
• For the event, Brittany wore a figure-hugging pale yellow dress with cutout and flower details at the bust.
  — Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 1 May 2024
• At the entrance of the park, visitors are greeted by a 16-foot-tall bronze bust of a Black woman with a body shape inspired by the dwellings of the Musgum people of Cameroon and Chad.
  — Donovan X. Ramsey, Rolling Stone, 14 Apr. 2024

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bust

2 of 3 verb

• I think the camera is busted.
• He busted his watch when he fell.
• Two students got busted by the teacher for smoking in the bathroom.
• She got busted for drug possession.
• Police busted 12 gang members on weapons charges.
• The name stuck but the housing project failed when the 1880s boom turned to bust.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2023
• The plan was to go in and kick his butt and then bust it out, and the world would explode.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 30 Apr. 2021
• Ciara even busted a move on the pitch in a clip added to the post.
  — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 14 Oct. 2023
• The show also makes an effort to bust the myth of the glamorous con.
  — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 29 Aug. 2023
• One of his great scenes in Get Back is when the cops come to bust them for playing on the rooftop.
  — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2023
• On its way to the top, the Beatles busted a string of records.
  — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 14 Nov. 2023
• In a 6-2 win over Minnesota, the Rangers scored four runs in the ninth to bust open a tie game.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 27 Aug. 2023
• Jules is a great dancer (obv) and busts a move on the reg, which helps keep her heart rate up for sure!
  — Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 31 Mar. 2023
• He was told to be careful, not to bust it on the basepaths or in the outfield.
  — John Shea, SFChronicle.com, 25 Sep. 2020
• Despite his tender years, the Kid busted records around globe on the way to the top.
  — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 14 Nov. 2023
• Ali Wentworth and George Stephanopoulos aren't afraid to bust a move.
  — Emily Strohm, Peoplemag, 10 Feb. 2023
• The culture is part of his DNA, pumping through his veins and busting at the seams to get out.
  — Kyle Eustice, SPIN, 16 Nov. 2023
• At least one door appears to have busted in, off its hinges.
  — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2024
• For visitors to southern Utah, the standard rule is still the best: stay on trails and don’t bust the crust.
  — Zak Podmore, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Dec. 2022
• The shift in guidance arrived just in time for the coronavirus to bust it wide open.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 23 June 2022
• Get ready to bust a move on the dance floor by taking a fun new dance class that might inspire you to take some more.
  — Leah Campano, Seventeen, 27 Jan. 2023
• In his third supper club book, the author sets out to bust the myth of that origin story.
  — Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2021
• In the clip, the mother-daughter duo danced into the frame, each busting their own moves as the video progressed.
  — Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 27 Aug. 2023
• If Severino can’t tame the Mets on Tuesday, Cole would be in line to bust the slump — like always.
  — Benjamin Hoffman, New York Times, 12 June 2023
• The property boom has turned to bust, leaving a legacy of heavy debt.
  — James MacKintosh, WSJ, 21 July 2023
• Boom to bust, the power brokers have spread the town from the reach of one river in the south to the reach of another river out north.
  — Mark Arax, New York Times, 1 June 2023
• There’s a shift happening here, but Apple isn’t busting down the door like the Kool-Aid Man.
  — Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 23 Oct. 2023
• When the moment comes for Joel to bust through the operating room door, the game doesn't give you the option to let the doctor live.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 13 Mar. 2023
• Malone busts the previous record owned by Bruno Mars, with six.
  — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 20 Apr. 2023
• Four people in face masks and gloves stormed the store, busted open display cases and racks, shattered glass, and grabbed dozens of firearms.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2024

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bust

3 of 3 adjective

• In a way, the ruins make as powerful a statement as the second, and intact, bust.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 6 Feb. 2023
• After the company went bust, the ship stayed put, and for decades stood a landmark for swimmers, fisherman, and tourists right at the end of the pier.
  — Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 12 Jan. 2023
• In front of the mirror, place a bust, floral arrangement, or pair of candelabras. 5.
  — Catie Parrish, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Apr. 2023
• The stalled real estate and spa project in South Moravia, based in Pasohlavky, a village of around 700 people near the border with Austria, was part of the boom that went bust.
  — Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2023
• The plot this time: Mike takes to the stage again, following a business deal that went bust, leaving him broke and taking bartender gigs in Florida.
  — Ben Flanagan | [e-mail], al, 10 Feb. 2023
• The incredible piece includes black velvet details across the shoulders, bust, and waist, cut into shapes meant to accentuate or sculpt parts of the body.
  — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 17 May 2023
• Businesses quickly went bust—most dramatically, the whole of Albert Adrià's molecular gastronomy empire, only recently resuscitated with the reopening of Enigma in May.
  — Paul Richardson, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Jan. 2023
• In a way, the ruins make as powerful a statement as the second, and intact, bust.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 6 Feb. 2023
• After the company went bust, the ship stayed put, and for decades stood a landmark for swimmers, fisherman, and tourists right at the end of the pier.
  — Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 12 Jan. 2023
• In front of the mirror, place a bust, floral arrangement, or pair of candelabras. 5.
  — Catie Parrish, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Apr. 2023
• The stalled real estate and spa project in South Moravia, based in Pasohlavky, a village of around 700 people near the border with Austria, was part of the boom that went bust.
  — Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2023
• The plot this time: Mike takes to the stage again, following a business deal that went bust, leaving him broke and taking bartender gigs in Florida.
  — Ben Flanagan | [e-mail], al, 10 Feb. 2023
• The incredible piece includes black velvet details across the shoulders, bust, and waist, cut into shapes meant to accentuate or sculpt parts of the body.
  — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 17 May 2023
• Businesses quickly went bust—most dramatically, the whole of Albert Adrià's molecular gastronomy empire, only recently resuscitated with the reopening of Enigma in May.
  — Paul Richardson, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Jan. 2023
• In a way, the ruins make as powerful a statement as the second, and intact, bust.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 6 Feb. 2023
• After the company went bust, the ship stayed put, and for decades stood a landmark for swimmers, fisherman, and tourists right at the end of the pier.
  — Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 12 Jan. 2023
• In front of the mirror, place a bust, floral arrangement, or pair of candelabras. 5.
  — Catie Parrish, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Apr. 2023
• The stalled real estate and spa project in South Moravia, based in Pasohlavky, a village of around 700 people near the border with Austria, was part of the boom that went bust.
  — Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2023
• The plot this time: Mike takes to the stage again, following a business deal that went bust, leaving him broke and taking bartender gigs in Florida.
  — Ben Flanagan | [e-mail], al, 10 Feb. 2023
• The incredible piece includes black velvet details across the shoulders, bust, and waist, cut into shapes meant to accentuate or sculpt parts of the body.
  — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 17 May 2023
• Businesses quickly went bust—most dramatically, the whole of Albert Adrià's molecular gastronomy empire, only recently resuscitated with the reopening of Enigma in May.
  — Paul Richardson, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Jan. 2023
• In a way, the ruins make as powerful a statement as the second, and intact, bust.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 6 Feb. 2023
• After the company went bust, the ship stayed put, and for decades stood a landmark for swimmers, fisherman, and tourists right at the end of the pier.
  — Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 12 Jan. 2023
• In front of the mirror, place a bust, floral arrangement, or pair of candelabras. 5.
  — Catie Parrish, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Apr. 2023
• The stalled real estate and spa project in South Moravia, based in Pasohlavky, a village of around 700 people near the border with Austria, was part of the boom that went bust.
  — Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2023
• The plot this time: Mike takes to the stage again, following a business deal that went bust, leaving him broke and taking bartender gigs in Florida.
  — Ben Flanagan | [e-mail], al, 10 Feb. 2023
• The incredible piece includes black velvet details across the shoulders, bust, and waist, cut into shapes meant to accentuate or sculpt parts of the body.
  — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 17 May 2023
• Businesses quickly went bust—most dramatically, the whole of Albert Adrià's molecular gastronomy empire, only recently resuscitated with the reopening of Enigma in May.
  — Paul Richardson, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Jan. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024