- present participle of bustle.
bustling
Example Sentences
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There, I met Dan, an affable middle-aged fellow with gray tufts of hair, who was bustling around with a vacuum.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
Shops closed, the enclave’s bustling street life receded.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
At a bustling factory in western India, technicians work around the clock to turn glass into hair-thin fibre-optic strands destined for data centres powering the global artificial intelligence boom.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
The new ones are thick enough to block the bustling noise of surrounding streets, offering silence in units that's uncharacteristic of New York City apartments.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
She followed the scent to the kitchen, which was bustling.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack