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Bustled | Bustling | Bustles

Bustled meaning

simple past and past participle of bustle

Using Bustled

  • The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of bustle
  • In the example corpus, bustled often appears in combinations such as: bustled with.

Context around Bustled

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 4 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

once 1× school 1× clinic 1× man 1× people 1× bags 1×

Often after:

past 1×

Sentence patterns with Bustled

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a man bustled in walked 1× as people bustled past his 1× center that bustled each spring 1× hustled and bustled 1× shuffled bags bustled and procrastinators 1× the clinic bustled with workers 1× which once bustled because of 1× williams school bustled with activity 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a few minutes 1× deadly protests squeeze 1× in hunt valley 1× many are towns 1× since the chinese 1× the clinic bustled 1×

Common sentence endings:

built near them 1× bustled with activity 1× carpeting the fields 1× hustled and bustled 1× off their lists 1× port au prince 1×

Words around Bustled

Just before it in the word index:

bustle 145 busting 203 bustinera 2 bustin 14 bustillo 3 bustiers 3

Just after it in the word index:

bustles 11 bustleton 2 bustline 4 bustling 335 bustop 4 bustos 20

Similar in corpus frequency:

aargau 11 abacos 11 abboud 11 abbreviate 11 abdelkader 11 abdomens 11

Corpus analysis for Bustled

  • In this selection, "bustled" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, once, school, clinic and past stand out and add context to how "bustled" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a man bustled in walked and as people bustled past his. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "bustled" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with bustled

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

The clinic bustled with workers, supporting Thomas and two other physician assistants who examine patients. (15 words)

In Hunt Valley on Christmas Eve morning, shoppers shuffled, bags bustled, and procrastinators checked off their lists. (17 words)

With the sun shining above on a picturesque Thursday afternoon, the courtyard at the Williams School bustled with activity. (19 words)

Longer example sentences

Deadly protests squeeze Haitians as economy flailsMarcel Cineus scanned the crowd for hints of a potential customer as people bustled past his wooden stall filled with hundreds of textbooks in the hills of Port-au-Prince. (36 words)

A few minutes later a man bustled in, walked straight over to the reference section, pulled out a copy of the Koran, and took it up to the till. (29 words)

Many are towns and camps which once bustled because of the Gold Rush, mining boom, or because of new highways being built near them. (24 words)

Example sentences (8)

Many are towns and camps which once bustled because of the Gold Rush, mining boom, or because of new highways being built near them.

With the sun shining above on a picturesque Thursday afternoon, the courtyard at the Williams School bustled with activity.

Whimsical statues of eggplants and peppers sprouted outside a visitor center that bustled each spring, when Israelis flock to see carpeting the fields.

The clinic bustled with workers, supporting Thomas and two other physician assistants who examine patients.

A few minutes later a man bustled in, walked straight over to the reference section, pulled out a copy of the Koran, and took it up to the till.

Deadly protests squeeze Haitians as economy flailsMarcel Cineus scanned the crowd for hints of a potential customer as people bustled past his wooden stall filled with hundreds of textbooks in the hills of Port-au-Prince.

In Hunt Valley on Christmas Eve morning, shoppers shuffled, bags bustled, and procrastinators checked off their lists.

Since the Chinese have hacked us incisively earlier, the story raised respiratory rates, probes were instituted and officials and ministers hustled and bustled.

Common combinations with bustled

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "bustled" in a sentence?
An example: "Many are towns and camps which once bustled because of the Gold Rush, mining boom, or because of new highways being built near them." This page contains 8 example sentences with the word "bustled" from authentic English texts.
What does "bustled" mean?
Bustled means: simple past and past participle of bustle
How many example sentences with "bustled" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 8 example sentences with "bustled", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.