Example Sentences

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"They have made her look like she is a desperate young girl hustling for people's money," she said.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

There are already those who are hustling in AI out of fears that it is their last chance at the American dream.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

“You should have seen me, I was hustling and hustling for them,” she recounts about finding her famous client a home to purchase.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

The Lakers star then passed to a hustling Austin Reaves, who took a few dribbles to get a Kings defender to commit before making an alley-oop pass to James for a two-handed, rim-hanging dunk.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026

On the deck of the thirty-foot boat, seven crewmen are busy pulling people onto the boat and hustling them under the deck.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung