rustle
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Here you can almost hear the sound of the marching soldiers’ boots striking the ground and the rustle of their equipment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 2, 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
A shriek broke the dawn on the savannah, followed by more screeches and the rustle of branches: The wild Fongoli chimps were bidding each other good morning in the dry, scraggly Sahel.
From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026
Once the press gets wind that Mary’s marriage has ended, the gossip is relentless, and the one-time belle of the ball can’t rustle up so much as a small tea party.
From Salon • Sep. 14, 2025
There was a rustle in the grass behind her.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
Vocabulary lists containing rustle
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"The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury
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