bust open

Example Sentences

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It didn’t take long, but it was enough to miss the redshirt freshman running back’s burst to bust open the game.

From Washington Post • Sep. 9, 2022

“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

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