Example Sentences

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Although disguised, the bustle's impact cannot be hidden.

From Salon • Feb. 23, 2022

All that hustle and bustle’s too much for me.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz

A bird in a cage may peep, at least, though she must not fly.—What bustle's there beneath my window?

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 by Scott, Walter, Sir

In evil hour—by what chance ne'er was known, Whether the bustle's seam had come unsewn, Or MRS.

From The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe by Parton, James

"Miss Trotter's bustle's on crooked!" from the young ladies at Miss Trimmer's seminary who were drawn up to show the numerical strength of the academy, and act the part of walking advertisements.

From Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities by Surtees, Robert Smith