rustle

There was a rustle and a flash of black.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026

Our ancestors whose attention drifted past the rustle in the grass left fewer descendants than those who froze, looked and listened.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 16, 2026

There is no rustle of pages or stacks of best-selling novels at the pop-up store opened by the Amazon subsidiary on the Lower East Side in Manhattan.

From Barron's ● May 2, 2026

Do labor leaders really think they can’t rustle up a quarter of their members to ensure the union preserves its role in representing workers?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 22, 2026

I hear a rustle of paper in the background and realize he’s checking the notes we made; he won’t have the names committed to memory the way I do.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

The shadows and rustles of forests are natural fodder for fear, especially if you’re not used to them, but among those who know, the Appalachians are another beast entirely.

From National Geographic ● Oct. 13, 2023

A gentle wind rustles the pine trees that swaddle the health resort, described by one guidebook as “a perfect spot for a romantic evening.”

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 24, 2020

It rustles through the air, then softly lands against your chest, just as he planned.

From Slate ● May 30, 2020

But what comes through all the convolutions is a paradoxically pastoral warmth: earnest, yearning melodies and music that rustles and burbles like a digitally enchanted forest.

From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2019

Cook rustles around the cabinets, and a few minutes later, a mug of steaming tea is in my hands.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

Outside of the Huddleston family home, a “Don’t Tread on Me” flag rustled in the yard next to a DirecTV satellite dish.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

In the last row of his fields in southeastern France, the wind rustled through the brown leaves of vines that overheated during a blaze that swept the region this summer.

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026

It was a cool, overcast day and as the wind rustled the tree leaves, a baby coyote raced across the lawn in the distance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026

And one, the veteran campaigner Graeme McCormick had rustled up enough supporters to force a leadership contest.

From BBC ● May 6, 2024

A breeze rustled the leaves, and she shivered.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

For 45 years, Alyson Dee Moore made the sounds that movies needed — the footsteps, the rustling clothes and doors swinging shut.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

Bold purple and magenta animations of galloping warriors silhouetted against rustling pines cover entire walls.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 7, 2026

Wearing a thick navy jacket over a wool sweater, Ivannikov, the head of the department of tropical and subtropical plants, picked up a leaf that had just come rustling down.

From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026

"I was in the toilet when I heard somebody rustling a bag in one of the cubicles", he said.

From BBC ● Nov. 24, 2025

So for a while we sit together in silence, just enjoying each other’s company and the sound of birds tweeting to each other and squirrels rustling in the bushes.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler