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

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

Specialist medical treatment - an ophthalmologist, dermatologist, podiatrist and orthopaedist - is available, as are nutritionists and hydrationists, while chefs rustle up home comforts from every corner of the globe.

From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2026

O dear good faithful tender Joe, I feel the loving tremble of your hand upon my arm, as solemnly this day as if it had been the rustle of an angel’s wing!

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

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

So we listen as a gust rustles the leaves, and let a calm, that feels as if it’s been gathering for longer than any of us can measure, wash over all of us.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2022

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

I kept hoping it would be Stanky making one ’em rustles, but she never showed.

From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis

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

As the wind kicked up, the wishes rustled, as if in conversation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026

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

From BBC ● May 6, 2024

The leaves that rustled around his feet on the outside have not followed him past the fence, though there is room enough for the breeze to carry them through the bars.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

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 could hear rustling on our porch,” Corral de Tierra resident Michael Antle told the television station.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2025

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

From BBC ● Nov. 24, 2025

Those contracts were good for generating headlines and rustling up new business for similar lawsuits around the country.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025

The night passed heavily, and it was nearly time for Ellidyr’s turn at guard, when Taran heard a rustling in the shrub.

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander