hustle
verb (used without object)
to proceed or work rapidly or energetically.
have hustled
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present perfectof hustle.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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Established teams are not being allowed to play with as much freedom as in the past, as opponents have hustled and harried them out of their stride.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 4, 2023
Few artists have hustled longer and harder to pay their dues than this septuagenarian, who began singing professionally as a high school senior in 1958.
From New York Times ● Nov. 28, 2019
In his younger years, he would have hustled to accommodate a rush request—to “be the good-will guy”—but he now considered this folly.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 8, 2018
“Throughout my life,” Mr. Huntsman wrote in his autobiography, “I have hustled to outrun the shadow of poverty.”
From Washington Post ● Feb. 3, 2018
Your time is valuable or you wouldn't have hustled me over here as fast as you did.
From The Observers by G. L. Vandenburg
