rumbling

Example Sentences

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Thousands of metres beneath the ground, amid suffocating heat, lies one of the keys to Poland's rumbling mining sector -- and the world economy.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

There was a deep rumbling as a sheet of brilliant white flame suddenly erupted, momentarily engulfing the whole launch pad as the mightiest rocket Nasa has ever built rose into the sky.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

Two: Last year on the Southwest Chief, I woke up at dawn as we were rumbling through the Arizona desert.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2026

Lee had hoped the ADM plant, with its towering silos and trains rumbling in and out of town, would be her last stop.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025

There’s not a word in the world anyone can say to something like that, so instead of speaking, that low rumbling sob ripped from my mom’s mouth, her lungs, her soul.

From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender