How to Use bust in a Sentence

bust

1 of 3 noun

• That doesn’t mean the class is a bust.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2026
• But… what if my elite pick is a bust?
  — Jake Ciely, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
• But Polk was a bust from the start.
  — The Athletic Nfl Staff, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
• The pursuit was more or less a bust.
  — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 7 May 2026
• But the night wasn't a total bust.
  — Edward Segarra, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2025
• This episode isn’t a total bust.
  — Noel Murray, Vulture, 19 June 2026
• Soon after, the bust got pinched.
  — David Kushner, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2025
• But with a boom, there’s always a bust.
  — Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2025
• And some late-round picks offset first-round busts.
  — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 26 Apr. 2026
• There was wine, there was music, but there was no bust.
  — David Kushner, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2025
• Wilson was a draft bust with the Jets.
  — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 20 Jan. 2026
• Many of them had heard about the drug bust and didn’t want any of his heat on them.
  — Keith O’Brien, New Yorker, 25 June 2026
• Of those, 15 were busts to some degree.
  — Michael Salfino, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026
• So this might be more sustainable than a boom and bust.
  — Oliver Renick, CNBC, 28 May 2026
• The broader lesson from the cruise bust still holds.
  — Maureen Flatley, Boston Herald, 15 May 2026
• Reese also feels like a little boom-or-bust.
  — Mike Sando, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2026
• The result was a boom-and-bust cycle.
  — Nancy A. Youssef, The Atlantic, 17 June 2026
• In fact, this year’s selling season has been a bust.
  — Preston Fore, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2025
• The top is a stretchy gauze that will fit smaller or larger busts.
  — Mia Huelsbeck, Peoplemag, 30 May 2023
• After the busts, agents sent the drugs to the lab for testing.
  — Asher Redd, FOXNews.com, 27 Sep. 2025
• Other parts of the country, though, may end up in a cloudy bust.
  — Eric Henderson, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2024
• What’s more, the bra has earned praise from a variety of bust sizes.
  — Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 13 Mar. 2024
• None of this means the mega-IPOs will be a bust.
  — Bhaskar Chakravorti, Fortune, 7 June 2026
• Go in there, bust in the door, look at the computer, take it, read it.
  — Meena Duerson, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2026
• The black croc leather dress featured cut-outs along the bust with a corseted waist.
  — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
• And the Heat roster is hardly those two and bust.
  — Miami Herald, 23 June 2026
• John Brebbia was a bust in free agency.
  — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
• From bust to boom The program was born from a crisis.
  — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2026
• And no, re-signing draft bust Evan Neal doesn’t count.
  — The Athletic Nfl Staff, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2026
• Leaders took a bust of him out of a conference room.
  — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2026

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.
• Who doesn’t get fired up when the coach busts a move, right?
  — Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 20 Mar. 2026
• Those guys have busted their tails.
  — Rick Stroud, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 June 2026
• Its big-toothed smile is busted.
  — Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2026
• Just trying to bust them around a little bit.
  — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026
• Has the whiskey industry gone from boom to bust?
  — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
• Inside the agents busted holes in the walls and doors.
  — Sabrina Franza, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
• So the pig pulled out two old warrants and busted him on them.
  — Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
• Ciara even busted a move on the pitch in a clip added to the post.
  — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 14 Oct. 2023
• Canada missed out on a handful of chances to bust the game open.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 23 Feb. 2026
• The pipes busted during the cold.
  — Monique John, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
• 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
• 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
• The show also makes an effort to bust the myth of the glamorous con.
  — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 29 Aug. 2023
• That means busting into the paint and kicking out from there.
  — Fred Katz, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
• Here are a couple of myths the experts busted.
  — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026
• Imagine even bubbles bust a cap in the ceiling.
  — Kortney Morrow, The Atlantic, 1 Mar. 2026
• Well, that gives me all the more motivation to bust right through that thing.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2026
• He was told to be careful, not to bust it on the basepaths or in the outfield.
  — John Shea, SFChronicle.com, 25 Sep. 2020
• Asks good questions, doesn’t bust a whole lot mentally.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 11 Aug. 2025
• His budget-busting tax cuts can be repealed.
  — William Pesek, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
• This is the kind of guy who kicks down a door and busts somebody’s kidney with a crowbar.
  — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 1 Oct. 2025
• Two failed crops means they are completely busted.
  — Diaa Hadid, NPR, 16 May 2026
• But the next great clip might not come from a bracket-busting upset or a half-court heave.
  — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 11 Mar. 2026
• On its way to the top, the Beatles busted a string of records.
  — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 14 Nov. 2023
• The name stuck but the housing project failed when the 1880s boom turned to bust.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2023

bust

3 of 3 adjective

• Nintendo, on the other hand, has sidestepped this boom and bust cycle.
  — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2025
• Their economy is bust, their economy is no good.
  — ABC News, 2 Jan. 2026
• The first of three busts on our list from the incredibly bust-y 2015 draft.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 28 June 2023
• The state was in the midst of a speculative land frenzy that was always threatening to go bust.
  — Alexander Sammon, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
• The bottom line is – your ETF assets remain secure even if the provider goes bust.
  — Sasirekha Subramanian, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2026
• But now that the post-pandemic boom has well and truly gone bust, just showing up with a great looking timepiece isn’t going to cut it.
  — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 1 May 2026
• 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
• The top is incredibly stretchy and would accommodate a variety of bust sizes.
  — Dory Zayas, Glamour, 11 Aug. 2025
• The building was then occupied by a succession of the city’s finest textile companies until the last one went bust.
  — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Apr. 2026
• Postseason or bust, of course, and any definition of a successful season begins and ends there.
  — Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
• Like many similar hotels in the area, the Nautilus ran into hard times as the Florida land boom went bust.
  — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 13 May 2026
• The outdoor retail sector continues to reset following a boom and bust cycle.
  — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
• Mosquitoes have a boom or bust life cycle and take advantage of weather and environmental changes.
  — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 12 June 2026
• While there was a boom of energy funding reaching record highs in recent years, many companies have begun to experience the bust end of the cycle.
  — Matthew Dawson, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
• But experts who study market history are carefully attuned to boom and bust cycles and the inevitable volatility in nearly any market.
  — John Werner, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
• Six years later, those plans have gone bust and only a small elementary school founded by Bhakta's wife has materialized.
  — Christopher Edwards, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026
• This is, as Abdul Rehman says, boom or bust time in Fantasy Premier League land; your last chance to beat your mates or colleagues.
  — Phil Hay, New York Times, 21 May 2026
• The flattering wrap twist over the bust nips in at the waist, flowing gently over the tummy area, delivering smooth coverage without sacrificing shape.
  — Jené Luciani Sena May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2025
• In the past, there have been boom and bust cycles around technology that Beijing has given strategic importance, such as electric vehicles.
  — Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 30 Dec. 2025
• This Playtex style earned the title of best minimizer bra on our list due to its effectiveness in reducing the appearance of bust size under clothing.
  — Mia Huelsbeck, People.com, 24 July 2025
• Three Panthers players in Bennett, Marchand and Reinhart look to aid Canada in its gold-or-bust journey.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 10 Feb. 2026
• And while those payments crimped Spotify’s profits, and the company has lately struggled to sell stock investors on a convincing growth story, Spotify is also not about to go bust.
  — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 2 Jan. 2024
• The Mets entered the game with the NL’s second-worst offense, better than only the San Diego Padres, another big-money lineup gone bust.
  — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 24 June 2026
• The foundation’s public backers — at the time the province of Messina, the Taormina municipality and the Messina city council — were bust.
  — Ilaria Ravarino, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 June 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