How to Use hustle in a Sentence

hustle

1 of 2 verb
  • The star's manager hustled him out the back door of the theater to avoid the throngs of fans.
  • The guards hustled the prisoners into the jail.
  • He's been hustling drugs for a few years.
  • He's not the most talented player on the team, but he always hustles.
  • They hustle diamonds, furs—whatever people are buying.
  • All of them were hustled out of sight.
    — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 26 Apr. 2026
  • The few that didn’t have hustled to catch up.
    — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 23 June 2026
  • If out of work, hustling this week and next could open doors.
    — Kyle Thomas, PEOPLE, 11 Jan. 2026
  • The dads and sons hustled to a nearby dirt patch.
    — Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Don’t dog it after a ball or fail to hustle on and off the field.
    — Stephen Borelli, USA TODAY, 10 July 2023
  • The reason the park is hustling from sport to sport, event to event, is twofold.
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Dec. 2023
  • As the crews hustled to their stations and put to sea, agents tracked the jet skis.
    — David Culver, CNN, 5 Feb. 2024
  • That version doesn't chase, doesn't beg, doesn't hustle.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Don’t hustle for what’s already yours.
    — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Ohtani then had to try to hustle back to first to prevent a double play.
    — Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2022
  • Many businesses fail in the first year, so be ready to hustle.
    — Expert Panel, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2022
  • There are far more convenient ways to hustle a stroller fund.
    — Robin Abrahams, BostonGlobe.com, 17 July 2023
  • His attacker, the man in black, was hustled off the stage.
    — Anderson Cooper, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Gonzales hustled down the line on the play.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Emily Blunt is hustling her way to the top in her latest film.
    — Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2023
  • He was benched in June after failing to hustle on a ground ball.
    — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2023
  • The two will hope to hustle him out of the Heights as soon as possible.
    — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 28 June 2023
  • Drive is one thing, but being able to hustle through it is another thing.
    — Frederick Daso, Forbes, 1 June 2022
  • Meanwhile, Ava runs a side hustle out of the school parking lot.
    — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 18 Sep. 2022
  • Rutschman hustled to the mound and gave the Orioles’ closer a hug.
    — Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 30 Mar. 2023
  • An agent is seen grabbing Vance by his jacket and hustling him off stage.
    — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Irv and Bernal take the leads, hustling their way through a punishing city.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Players hustle to the line as if the team was out of timeouts and the clock was ticking down.
    — Dallas News, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Lynch, 33, is like many hustling their way up the coaching ladder.
    — Billy Witz, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Chris Taylor hustled down the line to beat out a fielder’s-choice grounder that kept the inning alive.
    — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2023

hustle

2 of 2 noun
  • Worth the hustle if that’s your vibe.
    — Lauren Schuster, Sacbee.com, 1 May 2026
  • The hustle has names attached to it, too.
    — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Less than a decade later, his hustle had paid off.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Your investors like to see the hustle.
    — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Barnes isn’t just raw power and hustle.
    — Eric Koreen, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Shen’s hustle set an early tone.
    — Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2026
  • Past that, hustle stops working.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
  • Dundon is a man focused on the hustle.
    — Maury Brown, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
  • But that hustle, that desire to dive for a loose ball, that remains.
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2026
  • At the apex of his hustle, that meant pulling 20-hour workdays.
    — Luke Winkie, Men's Health, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Still, the crowds were thin and the usual hustle subdued.
    — Daniella Silva, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The coach has been teaching the sophomore to stay even-keeled in games and hustle.
    — Matt Byrne, Arkansas Online, 5 Jan. 2026
  • This is the time to slow your hustle just enough to make sure your soul is still in the driver’s seat.
    — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 2 Nov. 2025
  • One hustle play in each of the Gophers’ first two games will be added to the reel.
    — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 11 Sep. 2025
  • González earned 23 minutes with his hustle.
    — Jay King, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Once upon a time, coffee was the fuel of choice for the hustle set.
    — Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Little paper piles creep up out of nowhere in the hustle and bustle of a home.
    — Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 11 Apr. 2026
  • And no Hart transition hustle play to cap a run.
    — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 9 June 2026
  • Selling art and clothes was my hustle with my older brother back in high school.
    — Naomi Rougeau, ELLE, 14 June 2023
  • That mix of hustle and genuine care was a royal game-changer.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Grove made impressive hustle plays in the middle of the first half.
    — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 4 Dec. 2025
  • The players lived up to the program’s high standard of hustle and grit.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Aquarius full moon reveals where trust in the process gets you further than the hustle.
    — USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Copley Square buzzed with the hustle and bustle of the last day of the year.
    — Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Sydney Parrish ran the floor, made hustle plays and knocked down shots.
    — Wilson Moore, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Feb. 2023
  • Patrick Mahomes’ hustle play made for the turning point of the game.
    — Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2025
  • What’s certain is that his bootleg hustle ended with prison time.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Even the hustle and bustle of the airport is a signal to your body that a great trip is ahead.
    — Zach Wichter, USA Today, 17 June 2026
  • The elite celebrity hustle is fading.
    — Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 6 Mar. 2026
  • A great deal of hustle and bustle and fiddling around making sure things were put on the right way round.
    — Town & Country, 7 May 2023

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