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.
is rustling
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present progressiveof rustle (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The only sound is rustling pages and creaking chairs.
From BBC ● May 4, 2025
Now the 5th Avenue Theatre is rustling up its own ambitious, full-scale version that opens Thursday.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 8, 2012
All I hear now is rustling canvas atop an empty grandstand.
From Golf Digest ● Mar. 15, 2010
Standing upon its margin, we are about fifty feet above the sea, and the cool wind that is rustling among the trees comes fresh from the Great South Bay, seven miles away.
From Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science by Various
And beautiful thou art: This grass is tender grass; these flowers they have no peers; And that green corn all day is rustling in thy ears!
From Phebe, the Blackberry Girl Uncle Thomas's Stories for Good Children by Anonymous
