How to Use rumbling in a Sentence
rumbling
noun
- There were rumblings about rising prices.
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Near the end of the tunnel a rumbling begins to fill the air.
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CNN,
2 Nov. 2022
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In New York City, and in Madrid, the saints maintain the rumbling grid.
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James Parker,
The Atlantic,
19 Apr. 2020
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Outside, there was the rumbling of a truck that wouldn’t start.
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Ben Taub,
The New Yorker,
30 Apr. 2018
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Gone were the quiet rumblings—there were shouts of protest, and there was a mad rush to the counter.
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Katherine Lagrave,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 Mar. 2018
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For the next two days, Marsh heard rumblings about naming the bear.
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Jonathan Edwards,
Washington Post,
4 May 2023
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There’s a rumbling deep within the heart of the Magic City.
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Evan Dudley,
al,
5 Nov. 2021
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But none of those rumblings dragged down stocks by much.
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Russ Wiles,
azcentral,
12 Jan. 2020
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The rumbling was heard in the capital of Kingstown, about 20 miles south.
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Kristin Deane,
chicagotribune.com,
11 Apr. 2021
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There were rumblings that the over/under could go to five here, but the line hasn’t moved as of yet.
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Chris Wassel,
USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire,
7 Dec. 2019
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Make that an 8- to 10-week process at this point, if the rumbling is not just my stomach.
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Kevin Sherrington,
Dallas News,
1 July 2022
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There had been some rumblings about the Guardians trading Civale.
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Paul Hoynes,
cleveland,
12 Aug. 2023
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So far, there have been no rumblings from within the show about Gillis.
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Seth Simons,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Feb. 2024
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At first, there were clear and loud rumblings of support.
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New York Times,
11 Jan. 2020
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The rumblings were there before March Madness kicked off — that this could be the year for a No.
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Luke Meredith,
chicagotribune.com,
17 Mar. 2018
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The band has never had a full reunion, but there have been rumblings over the past year.
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Leah Campano,
Seventeen,
14 Apr. 2023
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Even Hardaway’s father heard the rumblings that the Knicks paid too much.
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Mike Vorkunov,
New York Times,
5 Feb. 2018
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Instead of hearing the loud rumbling of a diesel firetruck, the E-One Vector has a low hum.
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Maritza Dominguez,
The Arizona Republic,
4 Jan. 2024
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And smaller rumblings that could pave the way for seismic shifts.
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Catherine E. Shoichet,
CNN,
3 June 2018
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Want to drone out the rumbling of airplane jet engines or the chatter on trains?
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Asia London Palomba,
Travel + Leisure,
3 July 2024
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The volcanic blasts sound like low, deep rumblings, while the thunder sounds more like brief clicks and pops.
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National Geographic,
19 Mar. 2018
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This was the first time Shayk was spotted back at work since rumblings of a split with Cooper.
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Anika Reed,
USA TODAY,
14 June 2019
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The last of those carries went for a rumbling, nine-yard touchdown, just before the half.
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Ryan Kartje,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Oct. 2019
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The students’ knowledge of weapons in their school is the rumbling before the earthquake.
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Ron Avi Astor,
CNN,
21 Feb. 2018
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There were even some rumblings about trying to tweak the spending bill.
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Tara Golshan,
Vox,
9 Apr. 2018
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There are always rumblings about a sequel when a movie is a smash hit.
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Ryan Gajewski,
The Hollywood Reporter,
29 June 2024
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Thankfully, Lucas has a killer right hook, and the two take to rumbling.
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Lauren Puckett-Pope,
ELLE,
2 July 2022
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There have been no rumblings yet on the John Stewart casting.
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Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
23 Sep. 2024
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That tight gravitational leash makes the icy particles in the ring sensitive to rumblings below.
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Shi En Kim,
Smithsonian Magazine,
16 Sep. 2024
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There have since been rumblings among the bourbon-collecting community about when the next iteration might come.
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Amanda Hancock,
The Courier-Journal,
9 Sep. 2024
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