Example Sentences

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Like the cousin of Yeun’s character Danny Cho, there are Asian Americans in prison who have hustled and grifted.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 17, 2023

For years, many schools have hustled those students off campus instead of treating them as people with disabilities who are entitled to special accommodations to remain, mental health advocates say.

From Washington Post • Jan. 18, 2023

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

Global sports officials have hustled ahead of the Rio Olympics, which start on Aug. 5, to assure athletes of a level playing field.

From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2016

"We certainly have hustled," Jerry congratulated, as she lifted the last remaining articles from the bottom of one of her two trunks and found place for them in her chiffonier.

From Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore by Lester, Pauline