Example Sentences

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Otis dropped out in the 7th grade and had been hustling outside of the sub shop ever since.

From Salon • Mar. 13, 2024

“He had been hustling, and he was hiding it from me,” Jones said.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 2023

By the time she took off, she had sensed herself a star and had been hustling recording opportunities with an uncle’s help for years.

From The Guardian • Jun. 25, 2017

It was as if Wittman had been hustling the NBA.

From Washington Post • Apr. 27, 2015

For fifteen of his thirty-one years he had been hustling.

From The Danger Trail by Curwood, James Oliver