How to Use rumbling in a Sentence

rumbling

noun
  • There were rumblings about rising prices.
  • There were no rumblings of a deal.
    — Zach Harper, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
  • Over the next week, trade rumblings will reach a high point.
    — Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Outside, there was the rumbling of a truck that wouldn’t start.
    — Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2018
  • There have been rumblings about how this movie and universe may evolve from here.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • Near the end of the tunnel a rumbling begins to fill the air.
    — CNN, 2 Nov. 2022
  • There are always rumblings about a sequel when a movie is a smash hit.
    — Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 June 2024
  • For the next two days, Marsh heard rumblings about naming the bear.
    — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 4 May 2023
  • The lighting was bright and red, the thunder was a long deep rumbling.
    — Kaijing Xiao, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2025
  • And smaller rumblings that could pave the way for seismic shifts.
    — Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN, 3 June 2018
  • There were even some rumblings about trying to tweak the spending bill.
    — Tara Golshan, Vox, 9 Apr. 2018
  • So far, there have been no rumblings from within the show about Gillis.
    — Seth Simons, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2024
  • 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
  • Those rumblings were appeased by a four-game winning streak to close out the year.
    — Matt Audilet, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
  • 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
  • That's why smart deals writers like yours truly have their ears to the ground to pick up rumblings.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PCMAG, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Want to drone out the rumbling of airplane jet engines or the chatter on trains?
    — Asia London Palomba, Travel + Leisure, 3 July 2024
  • There have been some rumblings that Michigan wanted to back out of that?
    — Adam Jude, The Seattle Times, 29 May 2017
  • There had been some rumblings about the Guardians trading Civale.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 12 Aug. 2023
  • The volcanic blasts sound like low, deep rumblings, while the thunder sounds more like brief clicks and pops.
    — National Geographic, 19 Mar. 2018
  • The rumbling of a hidden ocean, along a rugged coastline covered by mist.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2026
  • The episode struck a nerve, as quiet government rumblings about big shifts tend to do.
    — Dean Debiase, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Not the rumbling of the ground that results, but the earthquake itself.
    — National Geographic, 10 Apr. 2017
  • The last of those carries went for a rumbling, nine-yard touchdown, just before the half.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2019
  • There have also been rumblings that this season might be Kelce’s last in the league.
    — Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 20 Dec. 2025
  • For a spell, at least, the uneven rumblings of my brain will have become as smooth as a river stone.
    — Darrell Hartman, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Feb. 2020
  • 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 are rumblings that a switch on the offensive line is imminent, by the way.
    — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 7 Nov. 2019
  • There have been no rumblings yet on the John Stewart casting.
    — Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 23 Sep. 2024
  • The rumbling of motorcycles echoed through town as dozens of bikes made their way to the service.
    — Michael Casey, BostonGlobe.com, 28 June 2019

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