Examples of 'hustings' in a sentence

Meaning of "hustings"

hustings (noun): In English, 'hustings' refers to a platform where candidates in an election stand to make speeches and answer questions from the voters. It is typically used in the context of political campaigns and discussions
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  • A platform where candidates in an election give speeches; a husting.
  • An election campaign.
  • plural of husting

How to use "hustings" in a sentence

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Drumchapel hustings gets personalisation on the agenda.
The verandah was used as hustings for elections.
Four hustings have been held across the country.
An untamed horse galloped onto the hustings.
Hustings will come for you in two hours time.
That does not work on the hustings.
Hustings will then be arranged.
I wonder if you might admit me onto the hustings.
This hustings is aimed at helping to correct that democratic deficit.
He will be roasted alive at the hustings.
I would like the rest of this hustings to be conducted with due decorum.
That is what he says on the hustings.
The leadership hustings proved to be a very positive experience for our party.
That is what you have got to sell at the hustings.
The people would attend the hustings to see which candidate appeared more generous.

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Like a poI on the hustings.
Hustings and voting is taken very seriously and the whole school takes part.
I hope he makes the most of this at the hustings to come.
Hustings events will take place across the country over the next few weeks.
He could not find the energy to stand upright at the hustings.
Upon the hustings and in the House.
Two minutes at a hustings.
Official hustings meeting in Worthing.
There will be a hustings.
Official hustings meeting in Bristol.
We go to the hustings.
Official hustings meeting in Rugby.
The candidate in each seat is selected by local party members following a hustings.
Official hustings meeting in Edinburgh.
Even the two participants joked that it felt like a leadership hustings.
Official hustings meeting in Cambridge.
The first woman in the British Empire to stand on the hustings as a candidate.
The Court of Hustings should be abolished.
I do not want Mr Bamford on the hustings.
There will also be hustings in the West Midlands and Bedford.
The President is on the hustings.
Dennis Leech addressed a hustings meeting organised by the Salvation Army in Manchester.
Johnson declined to answer questions about the incident at a hustings event in Birmingham on Saturday.
Thomas Scripps spoke at a hustings organised by the Council of Somali Organisations in Britain.
Health secretary Matt Hancock is booed and heckled at a general election hustings.
Barnaby was not seen on the hustings - and we know why.
But surely Bullock and Harry Manning still can take to the hustings.
I'd like the rest of this hustings to be conducted with due decorum.
The scene where Adelle confronts Hustings.
I would sooner be hanging from those hustings than stand on ' em giving a speech.
That 's what we want to hear on the hustings.
A series of debates, hustings and other events were arranged over the course of the campaign.
Leadership Contest hustings.
Hustings will come for you in two hours time . Go ahead.
Lord Chancellor Campbell considered Jameson the best hustings speaker he ever heard.

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