RUSTLE in a Sentence

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We hurried through the dark shrubbery, amid the dull moaning of the autumn wind and the rustle of the falling leaves.

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 Meanings and Examples of RUSTLE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
rustle
 v.  forage food
 v.  make a dry crackling sound
Classic Sentence: (131 in 9 pages)
1  Then there was a rustle and an interruption.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 6
2  She heard the breeze rustle in the branches.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 7
3  Then the wind rose, and in the rustle of the leaves even the great words became inaudible; and the audience sat staring at the villagers, whose mouths opened, but no sound came.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 9
4  The daylight began to rustle into the world, and the dark figure seemed to go smaller and more defined.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10
5  The dew seemed to sparkle more brightly on the green leaves; the air to rustle among them with a sweeter music; and the sky itself to look more blue and bright.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
6  The luminous rays wrapped her up with her increasing distance, and the rustle of her dress over the sprouting sedge and grass died away.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: 5 Sharp Words Are Spoken, and a Crisis Ensues
7  For half an hour I waited with every nerve on the alert, but there came no other sound save the chiming clock and the rustle of the ivy on the wall.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6. Baskerville Hall
8  We hurried through the dark shrubbery, amid the dull moaning of the autumn wind and the rustle of the falling leaves.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9. The Light upon the Moor [Second Report of Dr. ...
9  Not a whisper, not a rustle, rose now from the dark figure over which we stooped.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 12. Death on the Moor
10  Then a key clicked in a lock, and I heard the rustle of papers.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON
11  There was the gentle rustle of a woman's dress.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON
12  I heard a sharp rustle, the night air blew into the heated room, and the avenger was gone.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON
13  For some way I heard nothing but the crackling twigs under my feet, the faint rustle of the breeze above, and my own breathing and the throb of the blood-vessels in my ears.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In IX
14  Bazarov followed her quickly, not raising his eyes, and only with his ears catching the delicate swish and rustle of her silk gown gliding before him.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
15  Katya and Arkady could not see them, but they heard every word, the rustle of their clothes, their very breathing.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
Example Sentence:
1  With a rustle of wings the bird landed on the window ledge.
2  Let's see if somebody can rustle up a cup of coffee.
3  "What is all this?" demanded another voice peremptorily; and Mrs. Reed came along the corridor, her cap flying wide, her gown rustling stormily.
4  The grass would be only rustling in the wind, and the pool rippling to the waving of the reed.
5  We, the rustling leaves, have a voice that answers the storms, but who are you so silent " I am a mere flower.
6  The long grass rustled at her feet.
7  The wind rustled the dead leaves.