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  • present participle of rustle.

rustling

ADJECTIVE
murmuring
Synonyms


ADJECTIVE
noisy like silk
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Following a moment of silence, listening to the wind and rustling leaves, he says, “The sun is healing us.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 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

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

I haven’t even begun to wrap my head around what this all means when we hear a rustling noise, followed by another.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish




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