hustling

Example Sentences

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Allison Ellsworth spent a decade hustling to build soda company Poppi.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

The hustling and harrying, the scarcely human work-rate, the big-time mentality - it was all key to the win over Rangers.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

“You should have seen me, I was hustling and hustling for them,” she recounts about finding her famous client a home to purchase.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

The Lakers star then passed to a hustling Austin Reaves, who took a few dribbles to get a Kings defender to commit before making an alley-oop pass to James for a two-handed, rim-hanging dunk.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026

Listening to the old cats around Small’s, I’ve learned a thing or two about hustling.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz