Example Sentences

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Myanmar's ageing railway stations are bustling with life, crowded with passengers as surging fuel prices due to the Mideast war drive commuters to choose trains over costly planes and cars.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

Some of them, like turn-of-the-20th-century Manhattan, are bustling.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2025

Serving frothy coffees in the winter sunshine, the cafeterias in the west of the city are bustling.

From BBC • Jan. 7, 2024

“The streets of the city are bustling today,” said Will Sadlier, a student at University College Dublin.

From Washington Times • Aug. 25, 2023

Her habits are bustling, her air is mock-important, and her manners very inelegant.”

From Anna Seward and Classic Lichfield by Martin, Stapleton