Example Sentences

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Wearing a thick navy jacket over a wool sweater, Ivannikov, the head of the department of tropical and subtropical plants, picked up a leaf that had just come rustling down.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

“I could hear rustling on our porch,” Corral de Tierra resident Michael Antle told the television station.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2025

Those contracts were good for generating headlines and rustling up new business for similar lawsuits around the country.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

The only sound is rustling pages and creaking chairs.

From BBC • May 4, 2025

Don’t think about potatoes, I told myself, and turned over, the straw rustling under me.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff