Example Sentences

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It is easier to buy merch with slogans like “Detroit Hustles Harder” than toothpaste, illustrating the peculiar economy of downtown Detroit, but there’s no denying the remarkable transformation of the past decade.

From Slate • Jul. 30, 2019

Hustles are categorically different from humdrum, “working for the weekend” jobs.

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2019

Hustles lie at the intersection of passion and money-making; they’re something you can do on the side of your full-time boring job or something you can pursue 24/7.

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2019

The systemic sleights of hand that make up hotel life—many of them nefarious—are chronicled in Jacob Tomsky’s new book, Heads in Beds: A Reckless Memoir of Hotels, Hustles, and So-Called Hospitality.

From Slate • Nov. 30, 2012

Here in the ruck, anyhow, Surging along, Louts, duffers, exquisites, students, and prigs - Whiskers and foreheads, scarf-pins and spectacles - Hustles the Class!

From Poems by Henley, William Ernest