rumbling

Example Sentences

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We barely notice the beginning of the performance—a low, rumbling drone accompanies our arrival in the theater, and the actual music begins before the lights fully dim.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

That rumbling you hear could also just be suitcases rolled over ancient streets.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

Thousands of metres beneath the ground, amid suffocating heat, lies one of the keys to Poland's rumbling mining sector -- and the world economy.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

A 0.9 magnitude earthquake was recorded by the British Geological Survey in the Nantlle Valley, Gwynedd, on 28 January, with reports of rumbling as far away as Llangollen.

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026

The men began to think they were truly on their way at last, when a strange rumbling noise reached their ears.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong