trundle
verb (used with object)
to cause (a circular object) to roll along; roll.
trundling
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present participleof trundle.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Euphemistically known as “mobile lounges,” these hulking, 40-ton machines from the 1960s and ’70s look and feel like paramilitary vehicles trundling through a desert dystopia.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
Buses are infrequent and haphazard, while the subway has only six trundling lines radiating out from the centre, making connections impossible without going all the way in and then all the way out again.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
As a child, Plant recalls trundling in his family’s car through interesting, evocative landscapes and, “Misty Mountains that actually were misty mountains,” he says, making another of his not-infrequent Zeppelin asides.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025
Over the summer, locals noticed tankers in the traffic trundling through Tangley toward Conholt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2025
So we have traveled on, the cries of the sailors above us, Vishnoo trundling between our knees.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
