hustle
verb (used without object)
to proceed or work rapidly or energetically.
is hustling
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present progressiveof hustle (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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It is hustling for business and this week bet big with the Texas Stock Exchange.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
Rose, the archetypal stage mother determined to launch her daughters into the spotlight she was denied, is hustling June and Louise on the vaudeville circuit in the 1920s through the early 1930s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2025
Blue Man Group is hustling, with three shows at the Astor Place Theater, and it’s a two-matinee day for the Rockettes in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular at Radio City Music Hall.
From New York Times ● Dec. 22, 2022
No one is hustling to schedule a parade after this outcome, but for a program writhing near rock bottom and enduring ridicule four years ago, this run felt joyous.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 3, 2022
A crowd of people is hustling down the stairs toward us.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
