hustling

Example Sentences

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"They have made her look like she is a desperate young girl hustling for people's money," she said.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

This novel centers on Pothivelu Pandaram, a hustling businessman in southern India whose trade consists of managing men and women with physical deformities who beg outside temples.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 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

Grace watched as a mom pushed a stroller past the window, hustling to get wherever she was going.

From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway