How to Use rumble on in a Sentence

rumble on

verb
  • That means this long-running dispute is going to rumble on for some time yet.
    — Tom Burrows, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2025
  • His 43-yard TD rumble on fourth-and-1 sealed the victory.
    — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2026
  • And all this — eerie music playing throughout the rooms, floors that rumble on cue, and nine fake movies with fully fleshed plots — is just the beginning.
    — Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Bachmeier rumbled on the next play into the end zone from 9 yards out like a tailback at 6 feet 2 and 230 pounds.
    — Mitch Sherman, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
  • In the meantime, the war rumbles on and diplomatic efforts to end the bloodshed and the unfolding famine continue.
    — Chloe Mayer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
  • As his contract stand-off rumbled on, the France international’s form nosedived.
    — James Pearce, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
  • As the government shutdown has rumbled on, a dark cloud is looming increasingly large over the economy.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 12 Nov. 2025
  • To the Championship, where the debacle of the division’s play-off final rumbles on.
    — Phil Hay, New York Times, 21 May 2026
  • Drama is again rumbling on behind the scenes as Mourinho returns to Lisbon.
    — Dan Cancian, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Pressure is coming from energy prices as tensions in the Middle East rumble on, choking global oil and gas supplies as a result.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 14 May 2026
  • Lucian Grainge‘s patience is seemingly wearing thin as Universal Music Group’s legal battle with rapper Drake rumbles on.
    — Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 15 Aug. 2025
  • His slow start with the Premier League champions was perhaps understandable given how long that transfer saga rumbled on, but then a left leg fracture suffered in December halted any progress for the British record signing.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 15 June 2026
  • The tour gets underway with a two-night stand in West Palm Beach, FL June 21 and 22, and will rumble on until February 2027.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Kennedy received a warning for that, and the double-touch controversy rumbled on for another 24 hours until World Curling put out a statement to remind everyone to keep their fingers off the granite, whether by accident or otherwise.
    — Matt Slater, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Newcastle United, going through a tumultuous summer with the Alexander Isak saga rumbling on, have made full-backs Matt Targett and Harrison Ashby available.
    — Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Meanwhile, Equity’s long-running negotiation with producer trade body Pact over new contracts rumbles on, with sticking points remaining over artificial intelligence as the negotiations near the two-year mark.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Day two will rumble on with performances by The Strokes, GIVĒON, Addison Rae, Labrinth, David Byrne and others.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Banijay and All3Media are reportedly merging, Sky wants to buy ITV and, across the pond, the biggest industry deal of the millennia, Netflix and Warners, rumbles on.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The eX has an 86-inch wheelbase, rumbles on 13-inch wheels with DOT street tires as standard (but can be optioned with winter or all-terrain rubber), and has a turning radius of 167 inches (424 cm).
    — New Atlas, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Negotiations have since rumbled on but, 12 days ago, Streeting abandoned talks after the ABPI rejected an offer from him which had included lower rebate rates in all future years of the scheme and a rise in both the price of new medicines and net spending on them.
    — Ian King, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
  • For nearly 60 years, the Philippine government’s war against the insurgent New People’s Army, or NPA, has rumbled on with little accountability in Manila and scarce scrutiny abroad.
    — Patrick Peralta, The Conversation, 28 May 2026
  • War rumbles on Putin, who has ruled Russia as president or prime minister since the last day of 1999, faces a wave of anxiety in Moscow about the war in Ukraine, which has killed hundreds of thousands of people, left swathes of Ukraine in ruins, and drained Russia’s $3 trillion economy.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 10 May 2026
  • Newcastle The signings of Malick Thiaw and the aforementioned Ramsey, coupled with a spirited performance in Saturday’s 0-0 draw at Villa, appear to have calmed things down after the Alexander Isak furore, which continues to rumble on.
    — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025

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