Bustling

Examples

• Ah, my dear Sir,' said little Mr. Perker, bustling up from his chair. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Before I could reply Leinster came hurrying and bustling into the box as the curtain dropped. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• I rather think it can be done,' said the bustling little man. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• He stooped a good deal, and plodded along in a slow pre-occupied manner, which made the bustling London thoroughfares no very safe resort for him. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• There was another loud ring; and the bustling old landlady of the White Hart made her appearance in the opposite gallery. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• I see---- The maid came bustling in with the tea-things. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Such masses, such throngs, such multitudes of hurrying, bustling, struggling humanity! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• A bright fire was shining from the hearth, and two women were bustling about, one of whom was Olly Dowden. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Come, come,' said the bustling host, with a natural anxiety to change the conversation, 'what say you to a rubber, Mr. Pickwick? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• I've had a bustling afternoon, I promise you. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Now, said Aunt Chloe, bustling about after breakfast, I must put up yer clothes. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Not at all, with Hannah bustling about and covering you with flour. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• There are some last things to settle, said Meg, bustling away. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• It was something of a trial to Margaret to go out by herself in this busy bustling place. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• He pointed to a smallish, dark, well-dressed man who was bustling along the other side of the road. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.

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