Grandma likes to bustle around the kitchen while the family eats dinner. From LearnThat.org.
All hurry or bustle is peculiarly painful to the sick. From Wordnik.com. [Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not] Reference
As the last melodies faded away, I heard a bustle from the doorway. From Wordnik.com. [365 tomorrows » 2008 » July : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day] Reference
Tied to her back by way of a bustle was a brace of duck, or a roasted fowl wrapped neatly in linen. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Part in a Revolution] Reference
There is nothing save an electric trolley and the motor engines of the fishing-boats to recall the bustle of to-day. From Wordnik.com. [American Sketches 1908] Reference
And all this kind of bustle she calls house-keeping!. From Wordnik.com. [Dred; A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp. Vol. I] Reference
For her, the tiny new eye telescope has put the "bustle" back into her life. From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News] Reference
Morgan's seven varieties of bunting bustle with birdy life. From Wordnik.com. [Poem of the week: A Trace of Wings by Edwin Morgan] Reference
"You bet!" the boys shout, swapping places in a raucous bustle. From Wordnik.com. [Separate but equal: More schools are dividing classes by gender] Reference
In the distance, the streets were crowded, a bustle of activity. From Wordnik.com. [Journey to Malta, from the novel "Grok"] Reference
The three women sit in the middle of the bustle, trying to look relaxed. From Wordnik.com. [Showtime!] Reference
For her, the tiny new eye telescope has put the bustle back into her life. From Wordnik.com. [Tiny Eye Telescope Brings Back A World Of Sight] Reference
But the streets of Copenhagen bustle with well-off and happy-looking people. From Wordnik.com. [Can The European Welfare State Survive?] Reference
The streets don't bustle like Chicago's or New York's -- they're dark and empty. From Wordnik.com. [L.A. Rising] Reference
Someone else's somewhere, down the hall, piece-queer furniture and the bustle of now. From Wordnik.com. [Joe's Roast Beef] Reference
But film directors tend to overcompensate for the talkiness with visual hustle-bustle. From Wordnik.com. [Shakespeare] Reference
Gulf Shores Mayor Robert Craft says it's a stark contrast to the typical summer bustle. From Wordnik.com. [Oil Spill Means Dismal Summer For Gulf Beach Town] Reference
He likes the quiet atmosphere of the place, a contrast to the chaotic bustle of his job. From Wordnik.com. [Coffeehouse Stories: A backstage spotlight in Anacostia] Reference
Most every big band smacks of urban bustle, trafficking in horn riffs and counter riffs. From Wordnik.com. [The Charles Tolliver Big Band Marches On] Reference
As word spreads that police are on the way, women in stiletto heels bustle out of the bar. From Wordnik.com. [Stopped In Its Tracks] Reference
Here, she reveals some of Accra's highlights, and how best to escape the bustle of the city. From Wordnik.com. [African Adventures] Reference
The one-room library will be a quiet haven away from the noise and bustle of SOS households. From Wordnik.com. [Heather Paul: Looking Back and Giving Back] Reference
They preferred, it seemed, the dust and noise and the weather-beaten bustle of the centralzocalo. From Wordnik.com. [Gansevoort Ridge] Reference
But somehow, despite all this, there were at least two people who didn't figure in the great bustle. From Wordnik.com. [A Christmas Spaghetti] Reference
(Soundbite of laughter) Ms. POUNDSTONE: Do you think anybody will want to wear a bustle and a snood?. From Wordnik.com. [Actress Molly Ringwald Plays Not My Job] Reference
Outside, it was freezing cold, but the streets were filled with joyful bustle of New Year celebration. From Wordnik.com. [Safe At Last] Reference
In some places, an outright mythology shrouds the catacombs and underworlds that lie beneath the bustle. From Wordnik.com. [Unseen Washington: Photographer David Deal sees the city's hidden side] Reference
Last year, Mr. Daly moved his family far from the bustle of San Francisco politics to suburban Fairfield. From Wordnik.com. [Democratic Alliance Frays] Reference
Still, amid the bustle of construction and other preparations, there are some pretty nifty things to report. From Wordnik.com. [CES: A sneak peek at some gadgets] Reference
Like backpackers everywhere, those in China are seek-ing mainly to escape the frenetic bustle of their lives. From Wordnik.com. [Climb Every Mountain] Reference
Even though some residents are in the middle stage of the disease, they seem to like the bustle and activity. From Wordnik.com. [Coping With The Darkness] Reference
(Soundbite of birds) SNAPP: Today Polino's village is empty, the bustle of village life replaced by birdsong. From Wordnik.com. [Sudan's 'Arrow Boys' Challenge Militants] Reference
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