Example sentences for: bust

How can you use “bust” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The original IPO was canceled, because at the time it was scheduled to take place, the market was tanking, and the company's road show had been a bust.

  • In the main square is a striking bust of Hatuey, the brave Indian leader who resisted early conquistadores until he was caught by the Spanish and burned at the stake.

  • Still more have become unemployed or had their salaries slashed as the banking, media and consumer-goods businesses have switched from boom to bust."

  • Michelangelo’s tomb (right aisle, second bay) was designed by Vasari, with symbolic statues of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture mourning beneath a bust of the Florentine-born artist who died at 89.

  • When Gore claimed that Bradley's health-care plan would bust the budget, Bradley's spokeswoman answered, "Bill Bradley reserves his anger for the Americans without health insurance."


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