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verb ˈbʌs(ə)lˈbəsəl 1no object, with adverbial of direction Move in an energetic and busy manner. people clutching clipboards bustled about Example sentencesExamples - Whispers were abounded and people were moving, bustling, hustling, everywhere.
- Old-fashioned bread pudding served with caramel or lemon sauce is a dessert that brings back memories of mother bustling around in the kitchen.
- After a little while the perky little maid bustled in carrying a flat black box tied with a red satin ribbon.
- Other players were bustling about in the busy streets, talking with one another and buying items at the stores.
- Bubbly, cheery people would be bustling around buying gifts, making dinners, taking their lovers out.
- Disguised as Elaine C Smith, Mother Goose herself bustled in the stage door clutching a caffe latte less than half an hour ago.
- Stevie Crawford, with 10 goals in 13 games to his credit, bustled energetically, twisting and turning the Morton defenders repeatedly.
- All variety of servants bustled about in the sunlight, busy with errands and chores.
- Her heart monitor went crazy and soon nurses and doctors were bustling in checking her pulse and vital signals.
- Of course, there were bed curtains, which the nursing staff seemed to draw with a particularly energetic flourish whenever they bustled in with a bedpan.
- And the nurse bustled off towards the other side of the room, busying herself with something else.
- Instantly, as if fearing reprisals, she lowered her head in a respectable, subservient manner and said nothing more as she bustled toward the door.
- Men bustle to and fro with clipboards, impatiently awaiting the departure of the Greek fleet.
- He stopped in his tracks and looked around, a monstrous task with all the students bustling around him like busy bees.
- Busy Lizzy bustles about like a diligent char, or so you might assume until you have to remove it from a well-entrenched situation in a precious flower-bed.
- Eventually she let him go, bustling around her kitchen, keeping busy.
- Evangeline bustled down the hallway, clutching a fistful of bright red roses for her altar, as Fabian ran past her.
- He opened and closed his eyes once, and Jamison bustled off to get the medication, and Nelson moved to the bedside again.
- The clock struck time and everyone started to bustle and move to find classes.
- Kisangani - The rising sun is already burning a brilliant path across the muddy vastness of the mighty Congo river as the group of busy women bustle around the night's catch.
Synonyms rush, dash, scurry, scuttle, scamper, scramble, flutter, fuss hurry, hasten, make haste, race, run, sprint, tear, shoot, charge, chase, career British scutter informal scoot, beetle, whizz, buzz, hare, zoom, zip - 1.1with object and adverbial of direction Cause to move hurriedly in a particular direction.
she bustled us into the kitchen Example sentencesExamples - Mr Gorbachev took several questions from the floor, before being bustled off in a people carrier to meet the Earl of Harewood for dinner.
- Substitute Steve Whitehall dived to head in Nuneaton's opener, but within a minute Darryn Stamp bustled his way through to lash in the leveller.
- He told a few friends that he was considering bustling his way out of debt.
- However, Worcester began to probe and bustle Magdalen's defence early in the second half.
- Douglas had one more special save to make as Spencer refused to capitulate, bustling his way into the box but it would not really have mattered as time ran out.
- In a sense it's almost claustrophobic, with all the buildings huddled together and the people bustling their way through.
- He was bustled into a car, covered with a carpet and driven to a guardhouse.
- Jason Lewry, a left-arm swing bowler, is a canny operator and with hill and breeze supporting at Hove can hustle and bustle the ball through.
- Denis Behan was introduced and bustled his way through the game, making ribbons of Clive Delaney and reducing Derry's defence to a quivering wreck.
- Two of my buddies in the class saw that I was close to exploding, and they were quicker than I. They grabbed me and bustled me right out of the class.
- The opening exchanges saw Sandal's relatively small pack bustling York around, with aggressive close-quarter play.
- The young Kilmarnock side were alternately being bustled out of possession and giving the ball away when they won it, which was surely the cause of Durrant's ire.
- It was exciting stuff, and two minutes later Kanoute bustled his way through before poking the ball wide to Cole.
- But at dawn yesterday the police bustled her off, and there's been no word from her since.
- Harps striker Chris Breen bustled his way towards the box only to be impeded by the retreating Phillip Byrne.
- Dillon and Mortimer looked dangerous but they would never bustle their way through for the goal that was needed.
- The nuns bustled Julie and her family down to the end of the furthest row, by the wall.
- Instead, I was bustled into the tourist officer's car and taken to my hotel.
- Robbie Casey bustled his way to the by line before pull the ball back to present it on a plate for Maguire, 12 yards out.
- Damien Curran managed to get a shot in after Barry Curran had bustled his way through, but he failed to test the keeper.
Synonyms hustle, bundle, sweep, push, hurry, rush, whisk, whip - 1.2no object (of a place) be full of activity.
the streets bustled with people Example sentencesExamples - The tables that were usually busy and bustling with people were empty.
- The tavern was lively, bustling with movement and much drinking.
- I came off one road and suddenly the streets were busy, bustling, crowded with people and carriages.
- It was busy and bustling with people rushing about to buy what they needed.
- It's built-up, it's busy and it's bustling, but I still reckon £250 for renting a little red hotel round here is a bit steep.
- The room had been so busy and bustling, she'd hardly had a moment to sit down and think about her new station.
- The house was busy, bustling with the men and women Poppa worked with or taught.
- It employed large numbers of small businesses and was always bustling and busy.
- Saturday mornings were usually busy and the park had always been hustling and bustling with morning walkers.
- Though it was not the capital of the kingdom, it was just as busy and bustling as Damar.
- There were apartment houses on twisting narrow streets, bustling and busy.
- The ship was once again bustling with busy pirates moving and taking whatever they could.
- I'd still do it again though, which says a lot. the atmosphere is busy and bustling, but in a lovely way.
- The Reddings House was indeed busy, bustling with servants, lost in a flurry of planning and preparation.
- Astoria was particularly busy today, bustling with shoppers clamming to buy goods in the sales.
- The town was still in one piece, and the people were just as bustling and busy as ever.
- The town is presently prosperous, bustling and busy - let's keep it that way.
- The heart of Baquba was bustling, shops were busy, there was a market and at an Iraqi police station, scores of young men waiting to enlist.
- The town was bustling with activity as they prepared for the holiday season.
- She looked around the busy, bustling, crowded Olympic Center.
- It was quiet and deserted accomplishing as much as it did when it was busy and bustling.
Synonyms busy, crowded, swarming, teeming, full, astir, buzzing, hectic, lively, vibrant, thronging, thronged energetic, active informal buzzy British informal like Piccadilly Circus
noun ˈbʌs(ə)lˈbəsəl mass nounExcited activity and movement. all the noise and the traffic and the bustle Example sentencesExamples - But despite all the uncertainty and bustle it seems, admittedly to an outsider, that the older generation is coping admirably.
- The city was quiet, in the lull between the commotion and bustle of the day and the casual activity of night.
- After the usual bustle of activity that occurs every time a ship arrives in port, the crew turned their attention to exploring the delights of Singapore.
- In the confined space of the houseboat, the hustle and bustle of excited children made it impossible for Lindsay Keating to unpack her shopping in a logical sequence.
- It's a musical alcove independent of the traffic and bustle of everyday.
- He sits, away from the hustle and bustle of on-field activity, coolly calculating the options.
- Life today is a great sea of bustle and activity with everyone on the move.
- A bustle of activity met them at the bottom of the ladder.
- I had a go at the frantic bustle and movement of the place - hence the sketch above - but that didn't really do it for me.
- When I was a youngster I used to hate it when my Mother dragged me round this place as it can get very busy and noisy, and the hustle and bustle I found to be claustraphobic.
- Soon the hall was all bustle and activity as men put out the tables and women prepared the food.
- There is a need for them to move out of the hustle and bustle and beat the stress, preferably with family, as often as they can.
- The new year came and went without the usual fluster and bustle of activity.
- Inside there was bustle and excited anticipatory chatter.
- ‘Ever since John died I became bored with the hustle and bustle of traffic,’ said Jennie, who lost her husband two years ago.
- A bustle of technology-related activity has made Iowa State one of the leaders in the emerging field of human computer interaction.
- To him it was a happy sound, that bustle of activity that said his sons were going out to work.
- The whole first act consists of the protesters' excitement and bustle as they get ready.
- Moreover, the new bustle in activity is tightening up the slack in manufacturing.
- Indeed, he said it was nice to arrive home, get away from the hustle and bustle of traffic, the chaotic bubble that is Dublin, and walk around in Rathvilly's quiet countryside.
Synonyms activity, hustle and bustle, animation, commotion, flurry, tumult, hubbub, busyness, action, liveliness, movement, life, stir, excitement, agitation, fuss, whirl informal toing and froing, comings and goings, to-do archaic hurry-scurry, pother
Origin Late Middle English: perhaps a variant of obsolete buskle, frequentative of busk 'prepare', from Old Norse. Rhymes muscle, mussel, Russell, rustle, tussle noun ˈbʌs(ə)lˈbəsəl historical A pad or frame worn under a skirt and puffing it out behind. Example sentencesExamples - However, when fashion decreed crinolines, bustles, and fussy late-Victorian frills and flounces, Australia tried to follow.
- This staged cross-dressing was a great shock to audiences used to only seeing women on stage when they were hidden behind voluminous bustles, hoops and frills.
- If you stand ten feet away, you might see men in top hats, women in long skirts and bustles, children, pets, shimmering water.
- The women became blimps in massive gathered skirts, bustles and crinolines.
- All of the men had black hats, long black frock coats, and printed vests, while the ladies had their long gowns complete with bustles.
Origin Late 18th century: of unknown origin. verbˈbəsəlˈbəsəl 1no object, with adverbial of direction Move in an energetic or noisy manner. people clutching clipboards bustled about Example sentencesExamples - Whispers were abounded and people were moving, bustling, hustling, everywhere.
- Old-fashioned bread pudding served with caramel or lemon sauce is a dessert that brings back memories of mother bustling around in the kitchen.
- Eventually she let him go, bustling around her kitchen, keeping busy.
- Bubbly, cheery people would be bustling around buying gifts, making dinners, taking their lovers out.
- Other players were bustling about in the busy streets, talking with one another and buying items at the stores.
- Disguised as Elaine C Smith, Mother Goose herself bustled in the stage door clutching a caffe latte less than half an hour ago.
- The clock struck time and everyone started to bustle and move to find classes.
- Evangeline bustled down the hallway, clutching a fistful of bright red roses for her altar, as Fabian ran past her.
- And the nurse bustled off towards the other side of the room, busying herself with something else.
- After a little while the perky little maid bustled in carrying a flat black box tied with a red satin ribbon.
- Instantly, as if fearing reprisals, she lowered her head in a respectable, subservient manner and said nothing more as she bustled toward the door.
- Of course, there were bed curtains, which the nursing staff seemed to draw with a particularly energetic flourish whenever they bustled in with a bedpan.
- Stevie Crawford, with 10 goals in 13 games to his credit, bustled energetically, twisting and turning the Morton defenders repeatedly.
- Her heart monitor went crazy and soon nurses and doctors were bustling in checking her pulse and vital signals.
- Busy Lizzy bustles about like a diligent char, or so you might assume until you have to remove it from a well-entrenched situation in a precious flower-bed.
- All variety of servants bustled about in the sunlight, busy with errands and chores.
- He stopped in his tracks and looked around, a monstrous task with all the students bustling around him like busy bees.
- Men bustle to and fro with clipboards, impatiently awaiting the departure of the Greek fleet.
- He opened and closed his eyes once, and Jamison bustled off to get the medication, and Nelson moved to the bedside again.
- Kisangani - The rising sun is already burning a brilliant path across the muddy vastness of the mighty Congo river as the group of busy women bustle around the night's catch.
Synonyms rush, dash, scurry, scuttle, scamper, scramble, flutter, fuss - 1.1with object and adverbial of direction Make (someone) move hurriedly in a particular direction.
she bustled us into the kitchen Example sentencesExamples - Mr Gorbachev took several questions from the floor, before being bustled off in a people carrier to meet the Earl of Harewood for dinner.
- Instead, I was bustled into the tourist officer's car and taken to my hotel.
- Dillon and Mortimer looked dangerous but they would never bustle their way through for the goal that was needed.
- He told a few friends that he was considering bustling his way out of debt.
- Robbie Casey bustled his way to the by line before pull the ball back to present it on a plate for Maguire, 12 yards out.
- He was bustled into a car, covered with a carpet and driven to a guardhouse.
- Douglas had one more special save to make as Spencer refused to capitulate, bustling his way into the box but it would not really have mattered as time ran out.
- However, Worcester began to probe and bustle Magdalen's defence early in the second half.
- The young Kilmarnock side were alternately being bustled out of possession and giving the ball away when they won it, which was surely the cause of Durrant's ire.
- In a sense it's almost claustrophobic, with all the buildings huddled together and the people bustling their way through.
- Harps striker Chris Breen bustled his way towards the box only to be impeded by the retreating Phillip Byrne.
- Two of my buddies in the class saw that I was close to exploding, and they were quicker than I. They grabbed me and bustled me right out of the class.
- Damien Curran managed to get a shot in after Barry Curran had bustled his way through, but he failed to test the keeper.
- Jason Lewry, a left-arm swing bowler, is a canny operator and with hill and breeze supporting at Hove can hustle and bustle the ball through.
- Denis Behan was introduced and bustled his way through the game, making ribbons of Clive Delaney and reducing Derry's defence to a quivering wreck.
- Substitute Steve Whitehall dived to head in Nuneaton's opener, but within a minute Darryn Stamp bustled his way through to lash in the leveller.
- It was exciting stuff, and two minutes later Kanoute bustled his way through before poking the ball wide to Cole.
- But at dawn yesterday the police bustled her off, and there's been no word from her since.
- The opening exchanges saw Sandal's relatively small pack bustling York around, with aggressive close-quarter play.
- The nuns bustled Julie and her family down to the end of the furthest row, by the wall.
Synonyms hustle, bundle, sweep, push, hurry, rush, whisk, whip - 1.2 (of a place) be full of activity.
the small harbor bustled with boats Example sentencesExamples - It was busy and bustling with people rushing about to buy what they needed.
- It's built-up, it's busy and it's bustling, but I still reckon £250 for renting a little red hotel round here is a bit steep.
- I'd still do it again though, which says a lot. the atmosphere is busy and bustling, but in a lovely way.
- The tavern was lively, bustling with movement and much drinking.
- She looked around the busy, bustling, crowded Olympic Center.
- It employed large numbers of small businesses and was always bustling and busy.
- There were apartment houses on twisting narrow streets, bustling and busy.
- The town is presently prosperous, bustling and busy - let's keep it that way.
- The town was bustling with activity as they prepared for the holiday season.
- The heart of Baquba was bustling, shops were busy, there was a market and at an Iraqi police station, scores of young men waiting to enlist.
- Saturday mornings were usually busy and the park had always been hustling and bustling with morning walkers.
- Though it was not the capital of the kingdom, it was just as busy and bustling as Damar.
- It was quiet and deserted accomplishing as much as it did when it was busy and bustling.
- The ship was once again bustling with busy pirates moving and taking whatever they could.
- The house was busy, bustling with the men and women Poppa worked with or taught.
- The tables that were usually busy and bustling with people were empty.
- The room had been so busy and bustling, she'd hardly had a moment to sit down and think about her new station.
- The Reddings House was indeed busy, bustling with servants, lost in a flurry of planning and preparation.
- I came off one road and suddenly the streets were busy, bustling, crowded with people and carriages.
- Astoria was particularly busy today, bustling with shoppers clamming to buy goods in the sales.
- The town was still in one piece, and the people were just as bustling and busy as ever.
Synonyms busy, crowded, swarming, teeming, full, astir, buzzing, hectic, lively, vibrant, thronging, thronged
nounˈbəsəlˈbəsəl Excited activity and movement. all the noise and the traffic and the bustle Example sentencesExamples - Moreover, the new bustle in activity is tightening up the slack in manufacturing.
- Life today is a great sea of bustle and activity with everyone on the move.
- It's a musical alcove independent of the traffic and bustle of everyday.
- ‘Ever since John died I became bored with the hustle and bustle of traffic,’ said Jennie, who lost her husband two years ago.
- The city was quiet, in the lull between the commotion and bustle of the day and the casual activity of night.
- When I was a youngster I used to hate it when my Mother dragged me round this place as it can get very busy and noisy, and the hustle and bustle I found to be claustraphobic.
- But despite all the uncertainty and bustle it seems, admittedly to an outsider, that the older generation is coping admirably.
- In the confined space of the houseboat, the hustle and bustle of excited children made it impossible for Lindsay Keating to unpack her shopping in a logical sequence.
- After the usual bustle of activity that occurs every time a ship arrives in port, the crew turned their attention to exploring the delights of Singapore.
- The whole first act consists of the protesters' excitement and bustle as they get ready.
- I had a go at the frantic bustle and movement of the place - hence the sketch above - but that didn't really do it for me.
- A bustle of technology-related activity has made Iowa State one of the leaders in the emerging field of human computer interaction.
- Soon the hall was all bustle and activity as men put out the tables and women prepared the food.
- To him it was a happy sound, that bustle of activity that said his sons were going out to work.
- He sits, away from the hustle and bustle of on-field activity, coolly calculating the options.
- Indeed, he said it was nice to arrive home, get away from the hustle and bustle of traffic, the chaotic bubble that is Dublin, and walk around in Rathvilly's quiet countryside.
- There is a need for them to move out of the hustle and bustle and beat the stress, preferably with family, as often as they can.
- A bustle of activity met them at the bottom of the ladder.
- The new year came and went without the usual fluster and bustle of activity.
- Inside there was bustle and excited anticipatory chatter.
Synonyms activity, hustle and bustle, animation, commotion, flurry, tumult, hubbub, busyness, action, liveliness, movement, life, stir, excitement, agitation, fuss, whirl
Origin Late Middle English: perhaps a variant of obsolete buskle, frequentative of busk ‘prepare’, from Old Norse. nounˈbəsəlˈbəsəl historical A pad or frame worn under a skirt and puffing it out behind. Example sentencesExamples - However, when fashion decreed crinolines, bustles, and fussy late-Victorian frills and flounces, Australia tried to follow.
- The women became blimps in massive gathered skirts, bustles and crinolines.
- This staged cross-dressing was a great shock to audiences used to only seeing women on stage when they were hidden behind voluminous bustles, hoops and frills.
- All of the men had black hats, long black frock coats, and printed vests, while the ladies had their long gowns complete with bustles.
- If you stand ten feet away, you might see men in top hats, women in long skirts and bustles, children, pets, shimmering water.
Origin Late 18th century: of unknown origin. |