- present participle of rustle.
rustling
Example Sentences
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For 45 years, Alyson Dee Moore made the sounds that movies needed — the footsteps, the rustling clothes and doors swinging shut.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 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
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
Sgt Day said the effects of sheep rustling were also "huge" for farmers.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2025
The heavy flapping of the curtains being whipped in the wind, or perhaps the rustling of many wings.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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