How to Use rumbling in a Sentence

rumbling

noun

• There were rumblings about rising prices.
• Near the end of the tunnel a rumbling begins to fill the air.
  — CNN, 2 Nov. 2022
• In New York City, and in Madrid, the saints maintain the rumbling grid.
  — James Parker, The Atlantic, 19 Apr. 2020
• Outside, there was the rumbling of a truck that wouldn’t start.
  — Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2018
• Gone were the quiet rumblings—there were shouts of protest, and there was a mad rush to the counter.
  — Katherine Lagrave, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Mar. 2018
• For the next two days, Marsh heard rumblings about naming the bear.
  — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 4 May 2023
• There’s a rumbling deep within the heart of the Magic City.
  — Evan Dudley, al, 5 Nov. 2021
• But none of those rumblings dragged down stocks by much.
  — Russ Wiles, azcentral, 12 Jan. 2020
• The rumbling was heard in the capital of Kingstown, about 20 miles south.
  — Kristin Deane, chicagotribune.com, 11 Apr. 2021
• There were rumblings that the over/under could go to five here, but the line hasn’t moved as of yet.
  — Chris Wassel, USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire, 7 Dec. 2019
• Make that an 8- to 10-week process at this point, if the rumbling is not just my stomach.
  — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 1 July 2022
• There had been some rumblings about the Guardians trading Civale.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 12 Aug. 2023
• So far, there have been no rumblings from within the show about Gillis.
  — Seth Simons, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2024
• At first, there were clear and loud rumblings of support.
  — New York Times, 11 Jan. 2020
• The rumblings were there before March Madness kicked off — that this could be the year for a No.
  — Luke Meredith, chicagotribune.com, 17 Mar. 2018
• The band has never had a full reunion, but there have been rumblings over the past year.
  — Leah Campano, Seventeen, 14 Apr. 2023
• Even Hardaway’s father heard the rumblings that the Knicks paid too much.
  — Mike Vorkunov, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2018
• Instead of hearing the loud rumbling of a diesel firetruck, the E-One Vector has a low hum.
  — Maritza Dominguez, The Arizona Republic, 4 Jan. 2024
• And smaller rumblings that could pave the way for seismic shifts.
  — Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN, 3 June 2018
• Want to drone out the rumbling of airplane jet engines or the chatter on trains?
  — Asia London Palomba, Travel + Leisure, 3 July 2024
• The volcanic blasts sound like low, deep rumblings, while the thunder sounds more like brief clicks and pops.
  — National Geographic, 19 Mar. 2018
• This was the first time Shayk was spotted back at work since rumblings of a split with Cooper.
  — Anika Reed, USA TODAY, 14 June 2019
• The last of those carries went for a rumbling, nine-yard touchdown, just before the half.
  — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2019
• The students’ knowledge of weapons in their school is the rumbling before the earthquake.
  — Ron Avi Astor, CNN, 21 Feb. 2018
• There were even some rumblings about trying to tweak the spending bill.
  — Tara Golshan, Vox, 9 Apr. 2018
• There have been some rumblings that Michigan wanted to back out of that?
  — Adam Jude, The Seattle Times, 29 May 2017
• There are always rumblings about a sequel when a movie is a smash hit.
  — Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 June 2024
• Thankfully, Lucas has a killer right hook, and the two take to rumbling.
  — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 2 July 2022
• The rumbling of the Balrog down below tends to draw attention away from everything else.
  — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2024
• There have even been rumblings that the Clean at Sephora program might be quietly going away.
  — Deanna Pai, Allure, 18 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Dec 2024