Synonyms of rumbled

rumbled

verb

past tense of rumble

as in growled

to make a low heavy rolling sound

when thunder rumbled in the distant sky, we wisely began packing up our picnic

Synonyms & Similar Words

• growled
• grumbled
• rolled
• bellowed
• thundered
• boomed
• lumbered
• drummed

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of rumbled

Tanks rumbled through Tiananmen Square, a location that offered a stark reminder of how authoritarian states can violently crush democratic movements. —Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025

The early-morning thunderstorms that rumbled across the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys Tuesday also produced nearly 10,000 dry lightning strikes, sparking wildfires from the Mother Lode to the grasslands of eastern Sacramento County. —Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2025

Deep in the first moments of the Big Bang, the entire cosmos shook and rumbled. —Paul Sutter, Space.com, 28 Aug. 2025

The Staten Island Expressway rumbled not far away; strip malls were visible to the east, and equipment that measures landfill gas poked through the ground at regular intervals—the trash beneath the park is still decomposing—and yet the air smelled sweet. —Eric Lach, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025

Thirty minutes later, a thousand timpani rumbled through the forest. —AFAR Media, 7 Aug. 2025