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Wiktionary
- v. Simple past tense and past participle of bustle.
Examples
“The captain bustled off and was gone a few minutes.”
“Fenwick went on to the ending of the cigar, dreamily wondering, evidently "bustled" like the Baron.”
“Needless to say, my prayer hit the highway to heaven and was answered in remarkable time (memo to self, send thank you note to God) and he bustled into his seat and started off the meeting with nary a physical acknowledgement.”
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“Ahead of her, maids bustled back and forth through an open doorway, hauling bundles of bedding in and out.”
“But the mercados that once bustled with Americans and their dollars are ghost towns.”
“We were immediately bustled into a bright dining room with murals depicting pretty dancing ladies.”
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“Rose had entered the area of the resort where the wedding was to be held without realizing it and her mother had bustled up to her.”
“Streets that usually bustled with cars were empty except for the occasional speeding taxi.”
“Abu Rifaat sat me down next to it and bustled off to get us food.”
“She bustled in, iced coffee in hand, to find me sitting there crying.”
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The Last Werewolf
This novel by Glen Duncan, aside from being a ripping yarn and beautifully written, is just littered with words that I had to look up and discover that often his use of the word not only fitted per...
gurns, bok, chimney breast, dichotomy, Platonic form, filthy, Platonic Form, mathematics, BAM, skirls, clarity, blundering and 298 more...
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Danielles words October
wistfully, egotistical, bustled, bogusly, incredulously, disheveled, woolgathering, peripheral, nightmarish, bedlam
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Louises See love comments Mar 26, 2012
dmcleod0914 "He hung up his gun belt and stepped out of his boots as i bustled about the kitchen"-Twilight, Stephanie Meyer, pg.35 Oct 27, 2010