Example sentences for: bustles

How can you use “bustles” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Victorian fashion, for example, wholly redeemed, is often treated with great respect in movies such as The Portrait of a Lady . The high hair and big bustles have been assimilated to all the other harmless customs of antiquity; they've become the equivalent of Egyptian breastplates and Elizabethan padding.

  • Too young to remember the ordinary clothes of the previous era, they regarded huge bustles, sweeping trains, lofty coiffures, and tightly laced waists with a ferocious derision born of dread.

  • The water bustles with pleasure boats and ferries, and you can cruise all the way to Spandau and Potsdam from here.

  • Site of the stoic town hall (Palazzo Vecchio or della Signoria) since 1299, the square bustles in all seasons, not least because it leads to the richest of Italy’s art museums, the Uffizi.

  • The Pescheria (fish market) bustles early in the morning except Sunday and Monday, while the Erberia (fruit and vegetables) is open until late afternoon for those looking for picnic supplies.


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