HUSTLE in a Sentence

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For HUSTLE, below is one of 15 sentences:
He hustled on his overcoat, and bustled about in a way that showed that an energetic fit had superseded the apathetic one.

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 Meanings and Examples of HUSTLE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
hustle
 v.  bustle; cause to move furtively and hurriedly
Classic Sentence:
1  Now hustle back, right off, and fetch the duke up here, and the new carpet-bags.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV.
2  People laugh at them, and hustle them about, try to keep them out of sight, and expect them to turn all at once from pretty children into fine young men.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN
3  My, it does make a body hustle to keep up with all these new culture subjects, but it is improving.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
4  You got out and hustled and now your fortunes are firmly planted on money stolen from a dead man's wallet and money stolen from the Confederacy.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIII
5  In the morning Jurgis was given a cup of water and a piece of bread, and then hustled into a patrol wagon and driven to the nearest police court.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 25
6  In the morning they were routed out with early energy, and hustled along a narrow road that led deep into the forest.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
7  He hustled on his overcoat, and bustled about in a way that showed that an energetic fit had superseded the apathetic one.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
8  The furniture had been hustled out through the front garden which was strewn with wisps of straw and rope ends and into the huge vans at the gate.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
9  Mr. Watkins, and hustled off to a small informal reception, arranged in honour of the visitor by the people of his race.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XVII.
10  So in they come, but couldn't see us in the dark, and most trod on us whilst we was hustling to get under the bed.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL.
11  Amy was up at dawn, hustling people out of their beds and through their breakfasts, that the house might be got in order.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
Example Sentence:
1  When the boat was gone the king made me paddle up another mile to a lonesome place, and then he got ashore and says: "Now hustle back, right off, and fetch the duke up here, and the new carpet-bags.
2  He grabbed her arm and hustled her out of the room.
3  I was hustled out of the building by a couple of security men.
4  The secret service agents hustled the speaker out of the amphitheater.