hustle
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Synonyms for hustle
Synonyms: Verb
bang away, beaver (away), dig (away), drudge, endeavor, fag, grub, hump, labor, moil, peg (away), plod, plow, plug, slave, slog, strain, strive, struggle, sweat, toil, travail, tug, work
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Examples of hustle in a Sentence
Verb
The guards hustled the prisoners into the jail. The star's manager hustled him out the back door of the theater to avoid the throngs of fans. He's not the most talented player on the team, but he always hustles. He's been hustling drugs for a few years. They hustle diamonds, furs—whatever people are buying.
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Like Nathan Finnerty, who is again riding, leading a pack of kids toward the Lynn Woods Reservation, with his little brother Xavier hustling to keep up. — Billy Baker, BostonGlobe.com, "The cruiser kids of Lynn," 18 July 2019 Passengers pushing luggage carts hustled to grab their tickets at self-service kiosks as others raced to catch flights, the sound of their rolling luggage following them. — Melissa Yeager, azcentral, "The TWA Hotel at JFK: How to see this aviation history gem on your layover," 11 July 2019 While Tesla hustles to get its Model 3 production up to speed, there’s a new electric vehicle company strutting its stuff at the LA Auto Show this week. — Kraig Becker, Popular Mechanics, "Rivian's Electric Truck and SUV Are Built to Tackle the Great Outdoors," 27 Nov. 2018 Despite their alarm at Mr. Banks retiring, Mr. Rechnitz and Mr. Reichberg never stopped hustling. — Alan Feuer, New York Times, "Tracking Graft, From the Bootlegger to the Mayor," 27 Apr. 2018 Before he was charged with murder, Anderson was a 26-year-old homeless alcoholic with a long rap sheet who spent his days hustling for change in downtown San Jose. — Katie Worth, WIRED, "Framed for Murder By His Own DNA," 19 Apr. 2018 Stephanie Johnson, of Flossmoor, hustled from work to the station but was left to find an affordable ride-share. — Jessica Villagomez, chicagotribune.com, "Power problems on Metra Electric lead to delays to and from Millennium Station," 2 July 2019 He was hustled to a hospital, where family members gathered. — Matt Flegenheimer, New York Times, "Biden’s First Run for President Was a Calamity. Some Missteps Still Resonate.," 3 June 2019 Google parent Alphabet continues to grow its core online ad business along with its constellation side hustles like smartphones and cloud computing. — Fortune, "Alphabet," 1 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'hustle.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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