bursting
Example Sentences
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Each half of the film reflects the character it follows, the first part frenetic, densely packed and bursting with music.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
I had long admired her, especially the rollicking and indispensable “Slow Days, Fast Company,” first published in 1977, a charming and insightful series of stories bursting with pluck and sass.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
Footage broadcast on Thai television showed flames bursting from the venue and people running out as smoke filled the street.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
"Most of us had fallen asleep, we had closed our eyes. There was a noise, like a tyre bursting," a fellow passenger told Radio Thessaloniki.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
I wish I could’ve kept the anger out of my voice, but I had buried everything deep for so long, and now all of it was bursting through the surface.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
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