rumbling

Example Sentences

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An eyewitness told the Daily Tribune newspaper that she heard a loud rumbling moments before the collapse.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

We barely notice the beginning of the performance—a low, rumbling drone accompanies our arrival in the theater, and the actual music begins before the lights fully dim.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

That rumbling you hear could also just be suitcases rolled over ancient streets.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

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

They’d passed the yellow brick road that led to the center of town and cut through the entrance to the Cursed Forest when Seven heard a low, rumbling growl.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega