bustle
verb (used without object)
to move or act with a great show of energy (often followed byabout ).
were bustling
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past progressiveof bustle.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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A journalist working with the BBC told us parts of Rafah that were bustling with life a week ago are now like a ghost town.
From BBC ● May 11, 2024
The eviction courtrooms on the sixth floor of the Stanley Mosk Courthouse downtown were bustling this month, as they have been all year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2023
Early this month, the main square and streets around Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity were bustling with tourists.
From Reuters ● Oct. 16, 2023
In the Grand Hirafu village in Hokkaido, the streets were bustling with tourists from the United States, Australia, Singapore and Hong Kong.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 28, 2022
Geese and otters were bustling all around Roz.
From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown
