rustle
Example Sentences
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Our ancestors whose attention drifted past the rustle in the grass left fewer descendants than those who froze, looked and listened.
From Science Daily • Jun. 16, 2026
There is no rustle of pages or stacks of best-selling novels at the pop-up store opened by the Amazon subsidiary on the Lower East Side in Manhattan.
From Barron's • May 2, 2026
Do labor leaders really think they can’t rustle up a quarter of their members to ensure the union preserves its role in representing workers?
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026
At a paddy field two kilometres from Jakarta's international airport, the rustle of fluttering kites is periodically drowned out by the thunderous roar of plane engines.
From BBC • Aug. 1, 2025
As we passed from the barn, we heard the muffled and frightened moo of the cow, the frantic squealing of pigs, and the rustle and cackle of hens and roosters.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
Vocabulary lists containing rustle
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