Sentence examples for rustling from inspiring English sources

The word 'rustling' is correct and usable in written English
You can use it to describe a sound made by movements, usually of a group of people or animals. For example: "The rustling of the leaves in the breeze was a soothing sound."

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rustling

noun

A series of rustles.

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Rustling with Kalashnikovs ReprintsA few old quarrels have been resolved.

Rustling with Kalashnikovs ReprintsNassar, a young mourner who came to Cairo's Abbaseya cathedral in his Sunday best, stood pensive at the rear of the kilometre-long queue to pay respects to the departed pope.

Otherwise several devices of a Heath Robinson nature are suggested boards to deflect the trajectory of urine and droppings, flashing lights, ultra-sound, unpleasant smells, stuffed owls, rustling aluminium foil and helium-filled balloons.

Rustling with Kalashnikovs ReprintsOther tribes scorn the warlike Murle, who speak a distinct language and reputedly sided with the Arab north during Sudan's decades-long civil war.

Rustling with Kalashnikovs ReprintsThe Democratic Alliance (DA), the main opposition party, promptly demanded a review of the NPA's decision to abandon the case against Mr Zuma, claiming that its action was politically motivated and unconstitutional.

Rustling with Kalashnikovs ReprintsMr Assad's strategy has, in other words, seemed effective.

One company had a finance officer who had never done an acquisition: Mr Richards is rustling up one who has for a 90-day stint.

When alarmed the mantid assumes a "threatening" attitude by raising and rustling its wings (if it is a winged species) and often displays bright warning coloration.

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His Mr Fox (voiced by George Clooney) gives up chicken-rustling to be a newspaper columnist, and he discusses mortgage rates with his lawyer, Mr Badger (Bill Murray).

Cattle-rustling, which you said was available as a course for novice cowboys, is the stealing of a herd from your neighbour's ranch.

Cattle-rustling has long been common, but has grown dramatically more bloody in recent decades.

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