rumble

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

It's followed by the heavier rumble of the larger refuelling aircraft that will join its mission - hunting down Iranian drones.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

“We’re all men,” center Jalen Duren said after a recent win over the Charlotte Hornets exploded into an all-out rumble in the third quarter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

Planes continually rumble overhead in Walter Thompson-Hernández’s “If I Go Will They Miss Me,” shot on location at Nickerson Gardens in Watts under the flight path to LAX.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026

In the morning, the rumble of rock-grinding machines, which crush through buckets of substrate, could be heard before the savannah's fauna began its daily chorus.

From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026

Dozens of mechanized needles pumping up and down sounded a continuous clickety-clack, clickety-clack over the rumble of foot treadles and the whir of spinning spools of thread.

From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell