I. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪
A light breeze rustled the treetops.
▪
Her taffeta dress rustles as she moves past.
▪
Leaves rustled in the summer breeze.
▪
The tissue paper rustled in the silence as she unwrapped the gift.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪
A gentle breeze blew through the windows, lightly rustling the curtains.
▪
But there was a line of light at the bottom of the door; and inside the rustling of paper.
▪
Creaking leather jackets, well-rubbed denim rustling between those confident thighs.
▪
Janie asked in a tight voice, while Megan rustled the hair on my head.
▪
Surely one of the press lords could rustle up a limousine for her use?
▪
The only sound now was their feet rustling through the shore grass, coarse and hard from countless tides of salt water.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪
a rustle of leaves
▪
There was no sound in the library except for the occasional rustle of papers.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪
A rustle of interest ran around the classroom.
▪
Another rustle followed before a glossy blackbird hopped out and made off towards the parkland.
▪
Shop life: tinkle of money, rustle of notes, voices.
▪
There was another rustle of branches as the buffalo ran off without so much as another snort.
▪
They disappeared with only a rustle on the surface of the water.