trundling

Example Sentences

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Buses are infrequent and haphazard, while the subway has only six trundling lines radiating out from the centre, making connections impossible without going all the way in and then all the way out again.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

It's a busy day at Woodlands Checkpoint, Singapore's main land crossing on the border with Malaysia, and thousands of cars are slowly trundling past the watchful eyes of customs officer Belinda Liaw and her team.

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026

As a child, Plant recalls trundling in his family’s car through interesting, evocative landscapes and, “Misty Mountains that actually were misty mountains,” he says, making another of his not-infrequent Zeppelin asides.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025

Mr. Chen shows the family trundling in a horse-drawn cart toward forbidding mountains wreathed in mist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

“Hide,” said Harry as he pointed his wand at Bogrod, who whistled to summon a little cart that came trundling along the tracks toward them out of the darkness.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling