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
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 only sound is rustling pages and creaking chairs.
From BBC • May 4, 2025
In a voice like rustling leaves, he said, “Just the one that matters.”
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
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James and the Giant Peach
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