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rustling

ADJECTIVE
murmuring
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ADJECTIVE
noisy like silk
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Harris responded confidently, rustling with an LP-sized paper bag.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 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

When you see green trees, smell pine and hear gentle rustling leaves or the sound of birdsong, your autonomic nervous system - a network of nerves controlling unconscious processes - responds instantly.

From BBC • Oct. 9, 2025

Nali used a metal poker to scooch bright embers underneath the kettle, rustling up embers that floated like fireflies.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young




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