rustle

Example Sentences

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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

In the months leading up to the conference, with Belem's few hotels full, organizers scrambled to rustle up delegate accommodation in private homes, universities and schools.

From Barron's • Nov. 9, 2025

Once the press gets wind that Mary’s marriage has ended, the gossip is relentless, and the one-time belle of the ball can’t rustle up so much as a small tea party.

From Salon • Sep. 14, 2025

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

Maybe night noises scared them—the barking of foxes, the shrill screech of owls, the rustle of unseen deer in the woods.

From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn