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

There are already those who are hustling in AI out of fears that it is their last chance at the American dream.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 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

Banchero got the rebound, but he had his shot blocked by a hustling Marcus Smart.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

They openly bragged of their subversion, hustling a slave out the back door as the slave catchers broke down the front.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead