- present participle of rustle.
rustling
Example Sentences
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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
He says cattle rustling is a thing of the past but pays an annual fee of $62,000.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 24, 2025
When you see green trees, smell pine and hear gentle rustling leaves or the sound of birdsong, your autonomic nervous system - a network of nerves controlling unconscious processes - responds instantly.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2025
Maybe the best moment of the whole day was when Bat finally felt Thor rustling in the pouch that hung from around Bat’s neck.
From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold
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