How to Use bustling in a Sentence

bustling

adjective
  • Imagine your skin as a bustling city.
    — Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 20 Aug. 2025
  • In fact, more than bustling, because there was a protest outside.
    — Christopher Bonanos, Vulture, 27 June 2021
  • Mazatlán has become a bustling resort city filled with tourists all year round.
    — Janet Blaser, Contributor, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2024
  • The box opens to reveal a bustling backdrop to the tracks with a two-car train.
    — Gabriela Izquierdo, Southern Living, 30 Nov. 2023
  • With a piano bar and dance floor, the restaurant was known for its bustling nightlife.
    — Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 14 June 2023
  • The bakery is small and bustling—there’s no seating, so plan to take your food to go.
    — Annalise Mabe, Bon Appétit, 2 Sep. 2022
  • December was a bustling month for the Louisville food scene.
    — Amanda Hancock, Louisville Courier Journal, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Instagram snaps from the big day revealed ocean views and a bustling dance floor.
    — Jolene Latimer, Peoplemag, 1 Sep. 2022
  • Floyd wasn’t working; Hall had a bustling clientele, ready to pay.
    — Washington Post, 9 May 2022
  • Today, the bustling district is a great place to explore and stop for a bite to eat.
    — oregonlive, 5 July 2021
  • Over the last five years, once bustling neighborhoods have become ghost towns.
    — Vanessa Romo, NPR, 30 Apr. 2025
  • The once bustling area is now surrounded by parched soil, with many boathouses high and dry.
    — Fabiano Maisonnave, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Meanwhile, just beyond the horizon hides one of the world’s most bustling cities.
    — Zoey Goto, Travel + Leisure, 2 June 2026
  • For me, being in a bustling newsroom is the ultimate perk of the job.
    — Shirley Leung, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Nov. 2022
  • The city has long planned to transform the downtown area into a bustling social hub.
    — Baidi Wang, sun-sentinel.com, 29 Mar. 2021
  • The Johri offers a peaceful and stylish oasis in the bustling heart of the city.
    — Kris Fordham, CNN, 3 Jan. 2022
  • The highway is definitely the bustling heart of the city here.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 27 Apr. 2025
  • That’s despite the fact that Lake Calumet has never been a bustling port.
    — Paul Eisenberg, chicagotribune.com, 27 Mar. 2022
  • It’s expected to be a bustling weekend on the roads and in the air across the country.
    — Sara Schilling updated August 28, Idaho Statesman, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The property looked out on a river and was steps away from a bustling street full of restaurants.
    — Agnes Chang, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Paris, France The bustling capital of France isn't just for lovers.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 8 May 2023
  • As night falls, the town transforms into a bustling hub of restaurants, bars, and clubs where the party goes all night.
    — James Barrett, Redbook, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The great newsrooms will be full and bustling with noise again, and the young hire will be given a desk, not a Zoom link.
    — Peggy Noonan, WSJ, 31 Dec. 2020
  • The short drive from the bustling downtown area takes you what feels like towns away in to a whole new, extremely peaceful place.
    — Chelsea Davis, Forbes, 13 June 2021
  • Instead of bustling storefronts, seats are empty inside.
    — Ubah Ali, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Even so, the moody restaurant and club has become one of Manhattan’s most bustling spots.
    — Kelsey Stiegman, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The bustling evening market, where locals gather for tacos, now empties out early.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
  • The bustling evening market, where locals gather for tacos, now empties out early.
    — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2026
  • China's bustling port city of Guangzhou climbed one spot from last year and is now the ninth most expensive place to live.
    — Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2022
  • Just the night before, the city of some 3 million was still a bustling hub of activity.
    — NBC News, 24 Feb. 2022

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