rumble
Example Sentences
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Planes continually rumble overhead in Walter Thompson-Hernández’s “If I Go Will They Miss Me,” shot on location at Nickerson Gardens in Watts under the flight path to LAX.
From Los Angeles Times
The jaculus gave a low rumble in its throat; it sounded like a warning.
From Literature
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Military lorries rumble through the streets in a fog of exhaust.
From Literature
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It must work, because the next time she tries the key, the car stops coughing, and its engine rumbles to life.
From Literature
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The sound of construction workers talking added to the rumble.
From Literature
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.