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bustling

/ˈbʌs(ə)lɪŋ/ adjective B2
  1. Busy; full of energy and noisy activity. · bustling marketplace· bustling square
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Spencer, bustling her guests through the hall into the parlor, where a deadly chill struck on them as if the air had been strained so long through dark green, closely drawn blinds that it had lost every particle of warmth it had ever possessed.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 57 · C1
He was a very bustling and genial person, this Sussex detective.
The Valley of Fear, p. 34 · C1
“Come here,” he said, bustling back into the room, the atmosphere of which felt clearer since the removal of its ghastly inmate.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 32 · B2
Through Newbridge, a bustling little village where dogs barked at them and small boys hooted and curious faces peered from the windows, they drove, still in silence.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 23 · C1

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