rumbling
AmericanEtymology
Origin of rumbling
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at rumble, -ing 1
Example Sentences
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Its internal speaker plays a rumbling soundtrack that sends the drumsticks attached to the instrument flittering, giving the sense of a ghostly presence tapping out a brooding dirge.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
That rumbling you hear could also just be suitcases rolled over ancient streets.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
Thousands of metres beneath the ground, amid suffocating heat, lies one of the keys to Poland's rumbling mining sector -- and the world economy.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
Residents in Thailand's Ban Thanon Khot are accustomed to the rumbling of trains – rail is a key mode of transportation connecting the remote town with major cities.
From BBC • Jan. 14, 2026
He could hear the beasts now in their field nearby, rumbling and snuffling to one another as the sun began to dip behind the Mountain.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
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