rustle

There was a rustle and a flash of black.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026

Here you can almost hear the sound of the marching soldiers’ boots striking the ground and the rustle of their equipment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

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

Specialist medical treatment - an ophthalmologist, dermatologist, podiatrist and orthopaedist - is available, as are nutritionists and hydrationists, while chefs rustle up home comforts from every corner of the globe.

From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2026

But the rustle and crunch of breaking twigs was caused by Simon.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

The shadows and rustles of forests are natural fodder for fear, especially if you’re not used to them, but among those who know, the Appalachians are another beast entirely.

From National Geographic ● Oct. 13, 2023

So we listen as a gust rustles the leaves, and let a calm, that feels as if it’s been gathering for longer than any of us can measure, wash over all of us.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2022

A gentle wind rustles the pine trees that swaddle the health resort, described by one guidebook as “a perfect spot for a romantic evening.”

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 24, 2020

It rustles through the air, then softly lands against your chest, just as he planned.

From Slate ● May 30, 2020

Wind rustles the changing leaves, and some loose ones—brown, yellow, reddish-green—flutter down, swirling in little eddies of air.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

Outside of the Huddleston family home, a “Don’t Tread on Me” flag rustled in the yard next to a DirecTV satellite dish.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

In the last row of his fields in southeastern France, the wind rustled through the brown leaves of vines that overheated during a blaze that swept the region this summer.

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026

And one, the veteran campaigner Graeme McCormick had rustled up enough supporters to force a leadership contest.

From BBC ● May 6, 2024

Underfoot, beneath a plexiglass floor in the Prada showroom revamped for the new season, a man-made stream murmured over rocks and rustled leaves.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 14, 2024

The woods were strange; although there were the calls of dozens of birds, nothing rustled or moved at ground level.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

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

As he walked around yelling Sparky’s name, Lopez heard a rustling behind him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2025

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

Authorities were alerted to the men's live cargo when hotel staff, who had been asked to look after their luggage, noticed the suitcases making a "rustling noise", police told local media.

From BBC ● May 11, 2025

I hear the palm trees rustling in the breeze and the sea waves roaring, and I wish I could be bathing in the water.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar