Example Sentences

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“Greetings, my friends!” called a cheery red-brown coated bird who had been rustling about among the dead leaves just behind them.

From The Adventures of Fleetfoot and Her Fawns by Chaffee, Allen

And then there was the snake, or snakes, that had been rustling about so heavily.

From Hunting the Skipper The Cruise of the "Seafowl" Sloop by Piffard, Harold

But the leaves and the brook had been rustling and rippling a different gospel, and her mental tone was in tune with them.

From Loyal to the School by Brazil, Angela

Her feet had been rustling among the brown leaves and each time she had laughed.

From The Choir Invisible by Allen, James Lane