How to Use rustle up in a Sentence
rustle up
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Use that time to rustle up a quick salad or a vegetable side, and then dinner is served.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 2 Oct. 2025
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Olle helped rustle up support from Hollywood talent.
—Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026
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As well as rustling up boureki, kalisounia, and tzatziki beneath bunches of grapes, walks through their beloved olive groves and vegetable plot come accompanied by stories which bring the land to life and plenty of laughter.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
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The image used there is one that her publishers had to rustle up posthumously, once her sales were really beginning to catch fire, to satisfy the readers who wanted to see the face of their favorite author.
—Lucy Worsley september 16, Literary Hub, 16 Sep. 2025
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In the kitchen, an original 1950s refrigerator and skillet stand ready, perfect for rustling up Presley’s famously indulgent peanut butter, banana, and jelly sandwiches.
—Zoey Goto, Travel + Leisure, 29 Dec. 2025
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