Example Sentences

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Spire has hustled to create this market and made something out of nothing.

From Washington Times • Sep. 18, 2023

But her words were crisp, those of a woman who has hustled for every bit of her good luck since she moved from Oak Park, Ill., when she was 19.

From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2022

NBC has hustled to schedule “make goods,” meaning giving advertisers extra commercials because TV viewership was lower than expected, and Bevacqua predicted 99% of the obligations will be completed at Olympics’ end.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 7, 2021

Eric Spackey, chief executive of Bluewater, said he too feels pressure to keep the doors open, and as military uniform orders decline he has hustled to find new customers.

From Washington Post • Jul. 1, 2016

But we all were mad, both the good and the bad, and as for the women, well — No spot on the map in so short a space has hustled more souls to hell.

From The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses by Service, Robert W. (Robert William)