hustle

Example Sentences

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You, like many millennials, are a victim of hustle culture.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

Use your teenage and college years to build something epic, so that if you succeed, it’s life-changing money instead of a side hustle.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

Hurt by turnovers, an ineffective full-court press and a failure to hustle back, Sylmar gave up 14 consecutive baskets on layups and found itself trailing 77-56 early in the fourth quarter.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

And so she moved her life to the mountains, teaching piano, trumpet and saxophone her "side hustle".

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

After the meeting, as my teammates hustle off to football practice, Coach says, “Finley, can we talk?”

From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick