rustled

verb

past tense of rustle
1
as in grazed
to feed on grass or herbs just take the steer out to pasture and let it rustle for itself

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2
as in scurried
to proceed or move quickly rustled around enthusiastically on the morning of the big trip

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3
as in crackled
to make small sounds usually by rubbing or moving my pet peeve is candy wrappers rustling during a movie

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Recent Examples of rustled As the ocean breeze kicked up, the palms rustled around us. — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026 The tremors from Old Trafford also rustled the papers on the desk of Napoli’s sporting director Giovanni Manna. — James Horncastle, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026 The wind rustled gently through the leaves, and the only other sound was the soft buzz of bees moving from flower to flower. — Menganyi Moroga, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rustled
  1. grazed
  2. scurried
  3. crackled
  4. hurried
  5. squeaked
  6. sped
  7. whispered
  8. trotted
Verb
  • Two government employees and a civilian who was going to immigration court were injured, along with a bystander who was grazed by the fireworks, authorities said, though only one person was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 July 2026
  • Then Nicolas Tagliafico, a poor defender up against a great attacker in Lamine Yamal, took to attempting to foul the winger in four different ways at once, but most unpleasantly grazed his studs down Yamal’s calf.
    — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 20 July 2026
Definition of grazed
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  • That’s when someone from the crew scurried onstage, presumably to take away the microphones and set the stage for the next act.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 22 July 2026
  • One rainy afternoon in August, Jean Booth scurried up the stairs of a nondescript Thai restaurant tucked into a strip mall off the highway, shook out her blue, shoulder-length hair and took out her phone.
    — Juliet Linderman, Fortune, 16 July 2026
Definition of scurried
Verb
  • Fireworks crackled over the center-field scoreboard.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026
  • Once the age checks were done, the opening bars to the FIFA anthem crackled through the stadium speakers, and the players filed onto the field, gripping the hands of the young local players escorting them.
    — Ryan Lenora Brown, NPR, 14 June 2026
Definition of crackled
Verb
  • But morning travelers include schoolchildren, teen drivers, pedestrians, cyclists and workers who may be tired or hurried.
    — Chris Hardesty, AJC.com, 23 July 2026
  • The ramyeon in the pot burbled over, and Bo hurried to the stove to turn off the gas.
    — Min Jin Lee, New Yorker, 19 July 2026
Definition of hurried
Verb
  • Schwarber, who barely squeaked out of the first round, went first.
    — Johnny Flores Jr, New York Times, 14 July 2026
  • This time, with respected Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti at the helm, the Seleção squeaked past Japan in the round of 32 before losing to Norway, a nation that had never reached the quarterfinals.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2026
Definition of squeaked
Verb
  • The bulk of the original tale — Lara’s encounter with her sea witch aunt Grace, her emergence into the world of humans, her romance with a dashing prince — is sped through in the show’s first 15 minutes.
    — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 24 July 2026
  • Prosecutors said Garcia got into her car, pushed her out of the driver’s seat and sped off in her vehicle.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of sped
Verb
  • From the second Eldridge was drafted, a little devil appeared on your shoulder and whispered unreasonable expectations into your ear.
    — Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 13 July 2026
  • For several years, the ELF had been whispered about in activist circles.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
Definition of whispered
Verb
  • Ohtani trotted home on his bad knee – which will prevent him from pitching indefinitely but not hitting – when Freddie Freeman dumped a two-out, two-strike RBI single into center field.
    — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 20 July 2026
  • Joe Biden famously trotted across the road shaking hands and kissing babies during Pittsburgh’s Labor Day parade in 2015.
    — Salena Zito, Washington Post, 1 July 2026
Definition of trotted

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