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Hustled

Hustle \Hus"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hustled; p. pr. & vb. n. Hustling.] [D. hustelen to shake, fr. husten to shake. Cf. Hotchpotch.] To shake together in confusion; to push, jostle, or crowd rudely; to handle roughly; as, to hustle a person out of a room.
--Macaulay.

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hustled

vb. (en-past of: hustle)

Usage examples of "hustled".

She had her own opinion of the Psych branch of Central and the intrusive tests and questionnaires with which they bombarded shellpersons, and she had no intention of being hustled by Central into forgoing her right to choose a brawn just because some shelltapper in a white coat thought they knew how to pick a man for her—and because she was a convenient free ride for a brawn who'd already lost one ship.

When they left the chamber, Todd and Hrriss were hustled through the bare corridors to the transport grid, which was located in another part of the building.

Then the loads rocketed into receiv ing area from other Prime Stations, and the ground crews hustled rerouting and hold orders.

The urgency was to have the next shipment — agricultural tools and supplies — ready to be hustled on board as soon as the shuttles returned.

I’d intended to have you from the mo­ment I hustled you out of that party.

Frank would have quickly and quietly hustled her away if she'd told him there had been a mistake, that he, Lucas, wasn't her ex-husband.

It had been veri­fied that a young woman of Miss Lovejoy's description had been taken off the plane and hustled into the city, into the very building Zane and his team were about to enter.

She was hustled aboard another aircraft, this time a cargo transport plane.

Marlie took the time to thank Beverly for the risk she was taking, and to show her around the house, then she was hustled out.

He'd been hustled out of the house before he'd been able to speak with anyone, though his mother had tried.

They were then swiftly hustled into the camper shell on Mitchell's large white pickup.

I drove past them and hustled the big car up the sumptuous mile of Beckman Drive.

Then we hustled over to the Chevy and raced the mile back to our hotel.

I snatched the Desert Eagle back from Finlay and hustled him and Roscoe into the car.

He was spilling over with questions for me, but I just hustled him out to the car.