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present participle of rumble
as in growling
to make a low heavy rolling sound when thunder rumbled in the distant sky, we wisely began packing up our picnic

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rumbling

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noun

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Recent Examples of rumbling
Verb
By the time that directive was finally lifted, there had been rumblings on campus for at least a year about Canady’s family seeking a seven-figure deal. Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 1 May 2025 Meanwhile, some at City Hall have heard rumblings about major cuts to the planning department, which processes development applications and updates zoning plans, as well as the troubled Animal Services Department. David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025 But the tide started to turn against Isaacman late this past week, with the first rumblings of problems coming on Friday, May 30. Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 31 May 2025 Heading into the offseason, there have been rumblings of major change coming to the franchise. Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for rumbling
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Noun
  • Every new headline—whether a cease-fire whisper or another drone strike—moves Brent and insurance quotes long before drilling rigs or pipelines can respond.
    Guney Yildiz, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
  • Jane spoke barely above a whisper to an attentive jury throughout her afternoon testimony.
    Larry Neumeister, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2025
Noun
  • Call center features, such as call barging, monitoring, and whispering, aren't available, however.
    John Brandon, PC Magazine, 15 Apr. 2025
  • Call barging, call queues, monitoring/whispering, virtual receptionist, and voicemail service features are easy to find, and most have just a simple toggle.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • Years of solitude, sharpened by intimations of mortality, have cracked the banker’s sense of certainty.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2025
  • There are intimations of down-home prosperity, like horn blasts in the fog.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 21 May 2025
Noun
  • While few details were shared at the time, there were hints that the podcast would soon be relaunching.
    Skyler Caruso, People.com, 26 June 2025
  • The strawberries are then quartered and added to the skillet alongside ruby port (a sweet fortified wine that generally tastes like red berries) and fresh ginger for a hint of sweet spice.
    The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • Walden injected a bit of noise into his playing style with the group, citing guitarists J Mascis, Thurston Moore, and Jimi Hendrix as influences.
    Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 23 June 2025
  • Yufei Long, who hails from Shenzhen, China and came to the US to play top-level Tennis, also made some noise here, qualifying and then taking out No. 21 Blatt and No. 14 Schaefer before stretching No.
    Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • Moscow, Beijing, Tehran and extremist groups are flooding the global information space with anti-American propaganda.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 20 June 2025
  • Politics was responsible for war, for propaganda, for division.
    Kamila Shamsie June 20, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025

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“Rumbling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rumbling. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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