hustling

Example Sentences

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Allison Ellsworth spent a decade hustling to build soda company Poppi.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

And that’s without injured stars Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves, who are hustling back as fast as their bodies will let them from hamstring and oblique injuries, respectively.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

"They have made her look like she is a desperate young girl hustling for people's money," she said.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

There are already those who are hustling in AI out of fears that it is their last chance at the American dream.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

Selling slowly evolved into hustling because Sizwe saw all the angles and knew how to exploit them.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah