bustle
verb (used without object)
to move or act with a great show of energy (often followed byabout ).
have been bustling
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present perfect progressiveof bustle.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Priests have been bustling in and out of the warehouse of late, trying to cross things off their shopping lists.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 25, 2021
Just a few blocks from the Upwork office, the headquarters of Harrison Street, a private real estate investment firm with $40 billion under management, have been bustling for months.
From New York Times ● Nov. 12, 2021
Schultenover said he and the club’s director of golf, Jon Balyeat, had a rather melancholy discussion earlier this week about how the club would have been bustling with activity and excitement as players arrived.
From Golf Digest ● Apr. 24, 2020
Hospitals and urgent care centers in northern Alabama have been bustling.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 4, 2012
But it must have been bustling enough on the 4th of May, 1799, when Tippoo tried to pass, with Baird's troops behind!
From From Edinburgh to India & Burmah by W. G. (William Gordon) Burn Murdoch
