trundling

Example Sentences

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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

Over the summer, locals noticed tankers in the traffic trundling through Tangley toward Conholt.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 2, 2025

Driverless Cars: Cable cars are still trundling up San Francisco’s hills, but robotaxis from Waymo are shaping up as the city’s latest must-do for visitors.

From New York Times • May 23, 2024

The coal cars kept trundling past until a big black steam locomotive, puffing huge gouts of white smoke, finally appeared.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam