How to Use gangbuster in a Sentence

gangbuster

noun

• The gangbuster ending flings a pile of spinning plates in the air.
  — Carolyn Kellogg, Houston Chronicle, 28 June 2019
• In 1986 or so, somewhere out West, Reagan gave a speech that went like gangbusters.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 5 Dec. 2019
• One final word to the wise: Test on a small area before going gangbusters.
  — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 15 May 2020
• So, of course, markets went gangbusters as stocks went on a tear and, spurred on by falling yields, bonds were up big as well.
  — Ben Carlson, Fortune, 27 Dec. 2019
• That is not going to be a sign that the economy is doing gangbusters.
  — Fox News, 3 July 2018
• But MacCauley says business has been gangbusters since Trump took office a year ago.
  — Time, 15 Feb. 2018
• Oh, yes, Ms. Maxwell could sing and dance like gangbusters, when the occasion required it.
  — Ben Brantley, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2018
• Record heat in April: After an abnormally cool March, the warmth has returned like gangbusters in April.
  — Greg Porter, Washington Post, 29 Apr. 2017
• As for the crude that remains in stock after U.S. refiners go gangbusters this summer?
  — Laura Blewitt, Bloomberg.com, 1 June 2017
• The stockmarket is going gangbusters, rising by 19% so far this year.
  — The Economist, 11 July 2019
• New bank lending has been growing gangbusters this year, raising the risk that China will face a painful day of reckoning further down the road.
  — Neil Gough, New York Times, 14 July 2016
• There is no silver bullet here that will make the biosimilar market go gangbusters.
  — Adam Feuerstein, STAT, 28 Mar. 2018
• No wonder the Future tour is moving tickets like gangbusters.
  — Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 13 June 2017
• After its gangbuster success with Coda, 2023 marked a quiet year for Apple on the awards contenders front.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 24 Jan. 2023
• Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony’s fundraising for his 2020 election campaign has gone gangbusters in the past three months.
  — Anthony Man, sun-sentinel.com, 13 Dec. 2019
• Both men are Jewish, from the Northeast, and neither one has done gangbusters among African Americans in their past campaigns for office.
  — Jim Geraghty, National Review, 11 Feb. 2020
• Portland’s attendance has been gangbusters as well since joining MLS in 2011.
  — Mark Goodman, The Denver Post, 7 June 2019
• And like Amazon, this company has been growing like gangbusters!
  — Eric Bleeker, USA TODAY, 14 May 2018
• Uber says Freight has been going gangbusters, doubling its number of loads every quarter.
  — Carolyn Said, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 June 2018
• There are many films that fail in North America but do gangbuster business in major foreign markets.
  — Tatiana Siegel, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Oct. 2019
• Thanks to Oregon’s gangbusters economy, the state brought in more taxes than expected.
  — OregonLive.com, 23 Aug. 2017
• Online outreach, which he was seen as starting at a disadvantage, has been gangbusters.
  — Philip Elliott, Time, 21 June 2019
• Jobs, Jobs, Jobs While weak inflation is prompting concern, the job market has been going gangbusters and unemployment was at a low 4.4% in June.
  — WSJ, 25 July 2017
• Recruiting was gangbusters after Manziel's magic, the money was pouring in and there was a real chance to overthrow a Texas program that floundered in the Charlie Strong era.
  — John Talty, AL.com, 9 July 2017
• The budget handgun sold like gangbusters, so Mossberg decided to give shooters a larger version in 2020.
  — Joseph Albanese, Field & Stream, 7 Feb. 2020
• That’s the fundamental story here, which is that this economy is growing gangbusters and the market remains in denial.
  — Fortune, 28 June 2018
• Yes, the Giants pitching staff has been gangbusters, but those three teams are extraordinarily dangerous at the plate.
  — Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com, 12 July 2018
• Pick peaches Despite (or maybe because of) the ridiculous weather this winter, peaches are going gangbusters.
  — Sally McCabe, Philly.com, 14 July 2017
• Christian contemporary music is going gangbusters and (the Jesus movement) put that at his doorstep.
  — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2023
• This Dan also fund-raises like gangbusters, to the degree that his campaign coffers helped prop up a major and much-needed statewide victory for North Carolina Democrats.
  — Nick Martin, The New Republic, 10 Sep. 2019

Last Updated: 17 Jul 2024