- present participle of rustle.
rustling
Example Sentences
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McCamish pointed to a nearby stand of cottonwood trees rustling in the wind.
From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 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
Moments later, there is a rustling and a rat darts from beneath the concrete walkway towards the communal bins.
From BBC • Sep. 25, 2025
He heard the menacing clicks of thousands of pincers around him, the rustling of the spiders as they scuttled across the underbrush, but he didn’t dare look back.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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