How to Use buster in a Sentence

buster

noun
  • He's been the union-buster in chief.
    — Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
  • That was kind of a morale-buster for our team.
    — David Moin, Footwear News, 10 Nov. 2025
  • This too, is not a budget buster.
    — Stanley S. Litow, New York Daily News, 17 Aug. 2025
  • Lean on your favorite stress busters.
    — Beth Krietsch, SELF, 11 Nov. 2025
  • And this year doesn’t appear to be any sort of streak buster.
    — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2023
  • Willie Simmons is a streak-buster.
    — Alex Krutchik, Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2025
  • There were no bronc busters or barrel racing.
    — The Know, Denver Post, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Buster is on record opposing opt-outs.
    — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026
  • This is not a budget buster, either.
    — Stanley S. Litow, New York Daily News, 17 Aug. 2025
  • There’s no guard rail on the footpath and the breathless climb back up is a knee-buster.
    — Keli Dailey, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Jan. 2018
  • My pick here is also designed to be something of a trend buster.
    — USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2022
  • The drug is also unique among the amyloid busters that came before.
    — Alice Park, Time, 15 Feb. 2018
  • In the business world, vague commitments are no less of a trust buster.
    — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
  • The original ’busters do get a bit more to do this time as well, but just barely.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 22 Mar. 2024
  • But along with him come a handful of man-coverage busters that can give them a leg up.
    — Joe Buscaglia, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Most anglers use 6 to 8 pound test mono on bream-buster type long rods for this action.
    — Frank Sargeant, AL.com, 6 Apr. 2018
  • Otherwise, a trend buster would be a huge boost for the Broncos.
    — Jeff Howe, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • No one is expecting an easy time in the potential streak-buster.
    — G Smith, NOLA.com, 10 Nov. 2020
  • Boldly was also hoping games 300 would be a kind of slump-buster.
    — Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 6 Nov. 2025
  • To have a drought buster storm, the area would need inches of rain over several days or weeks, and that is not in the cards.
    — Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2022
  • So listen up buster and listen up good/Stop wishing for bad luck and knocking on wood.
    — Jim Farber, EW.com, 8 Apr. 2020
  • The biscuit on the side was soft and sensibly sized, not a cat-head Bubba-buster.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 22 May 2022
  • There's no better way to eradicate the inevitable mess than with a sleek and lightweight dust-buster.
    — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Busters come in pastel colors of pink, blue, yellow and more, but never beige or anything dark.
    — Talia McWright, Twin Cities, 17 Aug. 2025
  • But too much of a clot-buster could lead to bleeds, so once the process is sparked, the body rapidly clears out tPA.
    — Karen Weintraub, STAT, 6 Apr. 2018
  • For the second time this month, the trust busters have received a sharp rebuke from the judiciary.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 25 June 2018
  • Busters range from size double A to double D and rest comfortably against the chest.
    — Talia McWright, Twin Cities, 17 Aug. 2025
  • Will that be enough time for healing before the big bracket-buster with LSU?
    — George Schroeder, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2019
  • No streak-buster The Eagles have lost 12 straight to Clemson.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 27 Oct. 2019
  • Oral Roberts coach Paul Mills summed up what a bracket-buster can mean to fans and how the sport can inspire.
    — USA Today, 5 Apr. 2021

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