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How to use rustling in a sentence

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With the younger men off to war, older cowboys can't stop the cattle rustling.
The only sounds were the gentle breeze rustling my curtains and the buzzing of the refrigerator.
A brittle wind gusted through the trees that surrounded the small hamlet, barely rustling the leaves.
Freeing my arm from where it was wedged between the window and the sill, I slowly turned, accidentally rustling the bush.
To her left, there was a mouse rustling the long grass along the alley sides.
It continues to operate in the region today, even though cattle rustling and other forms of thievery rarely occur.
In 1875, Dan was one of a coterie of five thieves rustling cattle and horses in southeastern Wyoming.
Charlie had arrested him twice before, once for being drunk and a second time for rustling cattle.
Traditional B-Western themes such as cattle and horse rustling continued, but they were war-related.
Lever and his men raided Ralph and his tenants, rustling their cattle and stealing everything that wasn't nailed down.
Penetration by the cash economy also explained a new intensity of cattle rustling in the region.
Shoot-outs, killings, cattle rustling, and looting were the order of the day.
The rustling leaves and calls of the night insects soon lulled her to sleep.
I stood out a mile, a huge, rustling, fluorescent yellow blob on the green landscape of life.
I set out at a full-tilt scamper, leaping over the tops of pedestrians and passing cars in search of a victim for my rustling.
And then, over the rustling her legs made in the grass, she heard a faint crackling, thudding noise.
All the colour and scent of the flowers is lost behind a rustling, flapping, sheath of cheap semi-opaque cellophane wrapping.
Deep in the forest of bright green ferns there was a resounding crash, a rustling and, after a short silence, a delighted bellow.
A gentle breeze wafted through the air, rustling the dogwood trees and shaking sprays of rainwater from their branches.
Even with the roaring falls, you could still hear the sweet melody of the birds and the rustling leaves by the wind.
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Examples from Classical Literature
He heard no sound save the rustling of the leaves and the song of the bird.
The uneasy rustling of chitinous arms against white robes recalled him from his meditation.
In the distance the cocoanut palms waved their heads, the rustling of the leaves of the fan palm reached the ear.
These worthy hausfrauen have no grace of dainty frills, diaphanous lace or rustling petticoats.
Don't you remember, I thought I heard a rustling in the fern, and you laughed at me?
Like orenda it manifests itself in noises, but specially mysterious ones, it is mana that is rustling in the trees.
In the wood lot on the left silence reigned save for the vagrant breeze faintly rustling the leaves.
The startled animal uttered a 'miaul' of alarm and darted back again, making a horrible rustling.
He knew by the sound of the rustling that Mr. blacksnake was right at his heels.
Healy is at the head of all this rustling that has been troubling the malpais country.
Then the flag falls, and, amid the rustling of skirts and craning of necks, they are off.
So profound, that the chirp of a tree cricket, even the rustling of a leaf, would seem a loud noise.
Now a rustling was heard, and out came a gray wolf and looked at them.
As these occurred, a rustling and a murmur expressed the subdued applause.
Before them went the priest, reading the burial service, while the leaves of his book were rustling in the breeze.
Once more may the rustling of the shower refresh our longing ears!
He heard a rustling in the hedge, and the incantation suddenly ceased.
The Bamboo Walk adds its gentle susurration of rustling leaves to the other multi-sensory qualities of the garden.
Reed came along the corridor, her cap flying wide, her gown rustling stormily.
It was a beautiful sunset, and a sight of the glowing rays, mantling the tree-tops and rustling branches, gladdened every heart.
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