busted
Example Sentences
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Newly appointed BBC chief Matt Brittin recently described the licence fee as a "busted flush"
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
“There are hundreds of busted, dangerous sidewalks in South L A that have gone unrepaired for years,” he wrote to his network of followers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2026
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 he’s still standing at the end, even if Creed has busted his head open, “I’m gonna know for the first time in my life that I weren’t just another bum from the neighborhood.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
“Well? What happened after my mother busted into Mirror Tech and grabbed me up by the scruff of the neck?”
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
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