hustler

Example Sentences

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“The cunning they used to survive a hustler’s childhood,” Ms. Collinsworth observes, “had become a streak of ruthlessness in their adulthood.”

From The Wall Street Journal

In truth, other hustlers out there on Amazon already have.

From New York Times

For much of his life, Nate Morris III was a streetwise hustler in D.C.

From Washington Post

“A stark hustler novel,” notes Carolina A. Miranda, “— one that inspired a tune by the Doors — chronicles the underbelly of Hollywood, where the only stars are embedded into the ground.”

From Los Angeles Times

The basketball players hooped in them, and the hustlers hustled in them.

From Salon