hustler

Example Sentences

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In “Malcolm X,” Lindo squared off with Denzel Washington’s protagonist as a Harlem hustler named West Indian Archie.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

But the liveliest and most revealing parts of “The Colonel and the King” actually come before the Colonel meets the King, as Guralnick paints a picture of a tireless hustler desperate to reinvent himself.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2025

"She's a bit of a hustler," adds Greenway.

From BBC • May 20, 2025

So now I'm a writer and a hustler: coach, software entrepreneur, ghostwriter, teacher, juggler — my decision.

From Salon • Oct. 14, 2024

All the time I knew him, I thought he was a hustler of cheap tricks.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri