How to Use rumble in a Sentence

rumble

1 of 2 verb

• The gangs rumbled in the alley.
• The train rumbles through town twice a day.
• We watched as the trucks rumbled past.
• Thunder rumbled in the distance.
• The answer, from the start of the tournament, has been a slow, rumbling yes.
  — Naaman Zhou, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2023
• Young Charles watched the trains rumbling by and dreamed of a life beyond Merced.
  — Joseph P. Kahn, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2023
• The question is if the Wildcats are willing to rumble there.
  — Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Mar. 2022
• Cars rumble by on a riverside roadway to their left, and to the right shoppers flit in and out of a row of tiny shops.
  — Steven Levy, WIRED, 15 Feb. 2024
• Soon, though, that ground will begin to rumble and shift beneath the refugees’ feet.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2022
• Trucks rumble along the lone paved road with goods piled six feet high and passengers tucked in among the cargo.
  — Kevin Maurer, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2022
• Both swayed as the driver rumbled through downtown San Diego.
  — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2024
• It’s Ben Oreskes, back from vacation and ready to rumble.
  — Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2022
• There are few cars on the wide streets where largely empty trolley cars rumble along the tracks.
  — New York Times, 20 July 2022
• The trains still rumble through town every few minutes.
  — Brenda Goodman, CNN, 3 Feb. 2024
• The building started to rumble; her dog started to bark.
  — Bridget Read, Curbed, 21 Dec. 2023
• Many mistook the sudden shaking for a rumbling plane or train.
  — Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
• But then, a hillside rumbled down, taking out a house and killing the people inside.
  — WIRED, 15 July 2023
• Freddie Freeman will play first and Max Muncy will play third and the rest of the ground around those big basemen is going to be rumbling.
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2023
• Six plays later, Delacruz rumbled in for a 9-yard touchdown.
  — Erick Taylor, arkansasonline.com, 10 Dec. 2023
• The vehicles rumble up a gravel driveway that is a half-mile long, with fields on both sides.
  — Dan Gearino, ABC News, 29 July 2022
• Now, scientists know what caused the red planet to rumble.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 27 Oct. 2022
• Next time your little one’s tummy starts to rumble, offer them one of these healthy snacks for kids.
  — Alyssa Jung, Good Housekeeping, 31 May 2022
• Astronomers have found an extra-low hum rumbling through the universe.
  — Quanta Magazine, 28 June 2023
• Cherry-red trucks loaded with miners rumble past his home on their way to a long day of work as the sun rises in the morning.
  — Megan Janetsky, Victor R. Caivano and Rodrigo Abd, Quartz, 13 Mar. 2024
• Across Gaza City, civilians cowered as Israeli tanks rumbled through the streets.
  — Sarah Dadouch, Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2023
• Whereas most of the other animals ambled off as the truck rumbled by, the nilgai freaked out.
  — Dave Hurteau, Field & Stream, 4 Apr. 2023
• The couple and their wedding party arrived via boat as storm clouds rumbled above them.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 2 Aug. 2023
• Harrison came out of the game, but McCord slipped a completion over the middle to Cade Stover, who rumbled for a 24-yard gain near the red zone.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 2 Sep. 2023
• Folks work early here, and late, and when harvest comes to this part of Nebraska the big trucks rumble through town at every hour.
  — Jeff MacGregor, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 June 2023
• As Sophia walked with her mother on the shore one morning, loud explosions rumbled in the distance.
  — Marc Santora Laetitia Vancon, New York Times, 26 Sep. 2023

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rumble

2 of 2 noun

• I was awakened by the rumble of a train passing by.
• Then there was a low rumble, and a puff of white billowed from the top of the glacier - an avalanche.
  — Sarah Kaplan, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Aug. 2022
• Key play on the drive was a 30-yard rumble by D’Ernest Johnson on third and 10.
  — cleveland, 25 Dec. 2021
• The mix opens with a low bass rumble, the way a storm signals its arrival.
  — Craig Seymour, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2023
• The wet whoosh of whale breath joined the thunder cracks of calving glaciers and the rumbles of avalanches.
  — Kate Wong, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2023
• Save the ever-present rumble of the train, Fuller’s lede plays out as a wordless dance of the Big City.
  — Mark Jacobson, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2021
• Beneath a bright moon and the rumble of the 7 train, Halsey brought a heavy set to the festival on Night Two.
  — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 13 June 2022
• The rumble of the locomotive was a welcome change from the sound of sirens back in Dnipro.
  — Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2022
• Buckley fell asleep to the rumble of Tarra’s heavy snores.
  — Longreads, 8 Mar. 2023
• Maybe a rumble in the afternoon as a brief surge of milder air comes in, and that’s when highs in the near 60 to mid-60s range happen.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2023
• The loud rumble of the exhaust, which, in this car, is a joy to experience.
  — Sam Dangremond, Town & Country, 27 Jan. 2022
• These showers could crack a rumble of thunder or two and bring a risk for small hail and 30 to 35 mph gusts.
  — Gerry Díaz, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Mar. 2023
• Nearby, the rumble of stones tumbling from the mountain could be heard.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 26 July 2022
• The rumble of water is punctuated by the clunk of stones, the buzzing of bees, the whistling and whooping of men bringing the flocks in for the night.
  — Anthony Sattin, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Sep. 2022
• For me, though, the original film version goes off the rails during the big rumble.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 2 Dec. 2021
• While most of the rain is light, a few heavier downpours and even a rumble of thunder can’t be ruled out.
  — Matt Rogers, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2024
• In New York City, the rumble of the train and the slick movements of skateboarders grab his attention.
  — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2021
• The couple heard the rumble, Francine said, and her first reaction was to walk outside to the backyard and look up.
  — Michael Gehlken, Dallas News, 17 Aug. 2023
• On my first morning here, a rumble shook my room at the Hotel Haus Lipmann and woke me up.
  — Rick Steves, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2023
• Through Tonight: Showers — perhaps some rumbles — will move into the area from the south this evening.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 22 June 2023
• From time to time, a semi truck chugged up a steep four-lane road nearby, sending a low rumble through the canyon.
  — A.c. Thompson, ProPublica, 13 June 2023
• That dance serves as the backdrop for the first glimmers of romance and early rumors of a rumble.
  — Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2021
• The mostly light showers may come with a rumble of thunder or two.
  — Gerry Díaz, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Mar. 2023
• In the 1961 film directed by Robbins and Robert Wise, the song happens before the rumble.
  — Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2021
• There was the sound of distant rumbles of bombs … every day … every night.
  — Joyce Kamanitz, Hartford Courant, 1 Jan. 2024
• From mowing the lawn to concerts to the rumble of the subway, loud noises are a regular part of life.
  — Rachel Murphy, Verywell Health, 26 July 2023
• These patterns can yield some downpours and even the rumble of thunder.
  — Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 12 June 2023
• The Lake Tahoe area and most of the foothills of the Sierra have about a 15% to 25% chance of hearing rumbles of thunder, along with the potential for downpours.
  — Gerry Díaz, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 May 2023
• A couple heavy downpours and even a rumble of thunder can’t be ruled out.
  — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 29 May 2023
• The Sub Mini also works with the soundbar’s Night Mode to limit rumble.
  — Christian De Looper, BGR, 3 Oct. 2022

Last Updated: 7 May 2024