bustle
verb (used without object)
to move or act with a great show of energy (often followed byabout ).
have bustled
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present perfectof bustle.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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As recovery has spread, factories in Eastern Europe have bustled with additional orders.
From New York Times ● Jan. 27, 2018
St. Bernard dogs doing the square thing by Alpine travellers could not have bustled about more assiduously.
From Right Ho, Jeeves by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
Monks have bustled about the nave, dressing it up with holly-boughs and bushes of yew, and preparing a stage for the sacred play they are going to exhibit on the feast day.
From Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series by John Addington Symonds
In the olden days she would have bustled down before she went to bed, and have seen herself that everything was ready, so that the master of the house might not be kept waiting.
From Orley Farm by Anthony Trollope
