rustle
verb (used without object)
to make a succession of slight, soft sounds, as of parts rubbing gently one on another, as leaves, silks, or papers.
have rustled
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present perfectof rustle.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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This was, again, what we already suspected — and a scenario for which independent outfits, like the citizen-journalism website Bellingcat, have rustled up much convincing evidence.
From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2015
Booksellers said Little, Brown could have rustled up more prominent authors, including at least one American.
From New York Times ● Aug. 30, 2013
Blackburn Madcap Rovers seem to have rustled up £6m from somewhere and are going to splurge it on Huddersfield Town's Jordan Rhodes despite still being in a wrangle with QPR over Junior Hoilett's fee.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 2, 2012
Last week these names made this news: Of all the Western scientists who have rustled into the folds of the Iron Curtain, few vanished more completely than Italian-born Nuclear Physicist Bruno Pontecorvo.
From Time Magazine Archive
If the town could have heard him, the town would have rustled from boundary to boundary with agitated and delicious whisperings.
From Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.) by Arnold Bennett
