How To Use Rumble In A Sentence

They are not people who crumble at the first sign of a strong opinion. Times, Sunday Times
The petals were so dry and apery that they crumbled at the first touch. The Seventh Scroll
Paper will start to peel from the wall, and in the worst cases plaster will start to crumble.
The second trial also failed - the root crumbled every time he tried to flatten it into a thin disc for frying.
AS THE chug of a train rumbles overhead, Andy Arnold takes a seat amid the lunchtime bustle of the Arches theatre bar in Glasgow's city centre.

He fortified himself with a good meal, filling up with bland foods that would energize his body without making his stomach rumble. WITHOUT REMORSE
Anecdotal evidence has long pointed to crofters being a hale and hearty breed - albeit prone to bad backs and the odd grumble.
However, if a system has no flexibility, then it crumbles as soon as an unanticipated event happens.
A forest of party flags and posters hung over Ankara as campaign buses rumbled about broadcasting music and speeches. Times, Sunday Times
The city crumbled and burned to brands and ashes.
The end of the road had come for the SAP, which rumbled and shook violently, punctured wing panels beginning to peel away in the slipstream.
In the remains of the village the factory crumbles quietly, blocks of concrete and old gateposts tell of what has been.
Crumble the goat cheese and let come to room temperature.
Sullenly, Andrea settled down into her seat and grumbled something incoherent.
For dessert we shared a crème brulée and a rhubarb and ginger crumble with ice cream.
Carpathia that he has often grumbled to the officers for what he called absurd precautions in lying to and wasting his time, which he regarded as very valuable; but after hearing of the Titanic's loss he recognized that he was to some extent responsible for the speed at which she had travelled, and would never be so again. The Loss of the S. S. Titanic Its Story and Its Lessons
The nights are drawing in, but you may not be ready for big cardies and bowls of plum crumble just yet.
They rumbled through dry brush, the Comet an ocher dust storm lashed by branches and spiky shoots.
We couldn't resist the home-made bread and butter pudding and the rhubarb and ginger crumble.
He felt his body roll as the ship careened and vaguely heard the rumble of explosions nearby, but he didn't come to until smoke forced him coughing to his feet.
Eventually, the person on the other end of the line will get the message that they have been rumbled.
The cheese was rather high, and tended to crumble when we opened the tin, but it was quite edible.
So the explanation comes and the whole edifice crumbles.
Coach scribbled his name and grumbled, “You could have asked her in the first place.” Parents Behaving Badly
“Pshaw, Peterkin,” answered his principal, “thou art ever such a frampold grumbler —” Quentin Durward
There's also a notable kitsch factor about the place -- the trashy menu, the lowbrow drink selection (Mad Dog and brands of beer you swore you'd never drink again), the neon band-logo signage and the retro tuneage -- that has prompted some detractors to grumble that the brashness is a little Westword | Complete Issue
What a jack-in-office!" she grumbled under her breath. Monitress Merle
They crumbled to our mighty power with our losses barely reaching through the double digits.
To make the crumble, put the flour, oatmeal, oat cereal and sugar into a food processor and blend for 30 seconds.
The copper, for instance, may have an alloy that crumbles from oxidation. INCA GOLD
Tromp would maunder over and over of how Johannes Maartens and the cunies robbed the kings on Tabong Mountain, each embalmed in his golden coffin with an embalmed maid on either side; and of how these ancient proud ones crumbled to dust within the hour while the cunies cursed and sweated at junking the coffins. Chapter 15
My speciality is a banana and pear crumble, with lots and lots of butter.
He rumbled out a few words and left the classroom.
Will apple crumble be on the menu for this slice of conceptual art? Times, Sunday Times
I often grumble about cold air-conditioning in restaurants. Times, Sunday Times
Add the crumbled Shropshire blue cheese to the dip, then season to taste with salt and pepper. 5.
One prisoner grumbled about the quality of his vegan meal. The Sun
Closer to home, I use up any under-ripe fruit in a cinnamon crumble as a treat for the children.
Before my mum died there were a lot of fruit crumbles using produce from our garden. Times, Sunday Times
In that very first innings of the series four batsmen scored 203 runs and the rest crumbled for just 67.
Today's crumble features bananas and pears, and a topping starring toasted pecans and bran flakes.
AS the economy crumbles, women are seizing the family purse strings. The Sun
From ahead came the rumble of heavy artillery fire off to the west and the east.
Her stomach rumbled, so she decided to get something to eat.
The public has grumbled to a point where it has lost faith in the Authority because of its failure to carry out its mandate.
Crumble the cheese on top and season with salt and pepper. Times, Sunday Times
Joe's resolve crumbled further as he nearly shook with rage.
All you manage to see is a little flicker of light, following by a throaty rumble of thunder.
In January 2009, Gordon Brown submitted a recipe for rumbledethumps to a cookbook for Donaldson's School for the Deaf, describing it as his favourite food Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
We talked about the rumble only when a safe distance away from family members, especially younger siblings.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. The rumble from a pair of motors interrupted the opening ceremony at the NASCAR Hall of Fame. NASCAR opens Hall of Fame in Charlotte
By the time the rain woke me the next morning my stomach rumbled like the epicentre of an earthquake and I realized I had no choice but to take destiny into my own hands.
Albert Rudin was a chronic grumbler, and Clark had learned to ignore it. Vince Flynn Collectors’ Edition #2
(The dialogue was held in the hall.) “Why do you hesitate and drumble in that manner?” Woodstock
Icebergs would languidly crumble to nothing just outside the mouth of the harbour.
Tanks rumble along the dusty road and helicopter gunships hover. Times, Sunday Times
If you like, you can finish it with crumbled amaretti biscuits, sticks of shortbread, and of course, your butterscotch sauce.
The three last-named persons often held little conspiracies together, and caballed or grumbled against the head of the house. The Virginians
You may grumble when they pile on double homework but one day you could find yourself thanking them for that extra push. Times, Sunday Times
As the track moves along, the static, rumbles, guitar notes, and drones all mix together, with the drone slowly building and dominating the proceedings.
Elaborate apartments over a century or two old crumble either side of the wide avenue.
These treats, though hard, are bendier than they are brittle and likely to crumble when chomped down on. Epinions Recent Content for Home
It posits a near-future scenario in which society has crumbled due to some unexplained catastrophe.
Sprinkle the crumble mixture evenly over the fruit, and bake for 50 minutes to an hour.
Suitable planting conditions exist when the surface soil is dry and has small hairline cracks that allow it to crumble when moved by the cutting coulters, disk openers, cover blades, and press wheels.
A practical nurse brought old red wine, a silver tray of smoked salmon, crumbled hard-boiled egg, capers and lemon.
The walls of the Kingdom started to crumble and collapse, huge pieces falling down onto the helpless Elves.
But though they blethered and and grumbled and girned at him, they forgot it all soon enough and laughed about his nonsense.
Or else, the productions crumbled under the weight of laboured interpretations.
The feudal deference, and the ingrate privileges, crumble under the pressure for social equity.
My black file of readers' complaints is always dominated by grumbles featuring the supermarkets' failure to get the right wine from the right vintage at the right price on to the right shelf at the right time.
Tear or crumble in the cheese and mix in the basil. Times, Sunday Times
Big cats have their own repertoire of sounds e.g. the rumbled greeting of lionesses and the distinctive "chuff" of tigers. Doggdot.us
Nor are the insights of happiness limited to what is near around you. Unhappy, with your thoughts turned in upon your emotional woes, your vision is cut short as though by a wall. Happy, the wall crumbles.
Two muffled thuds rumbled out of the forward cargo hold, disks of steel plating on either side of the hold blowing outward. CORMORANT
We could hear the rumble of distant thunder.
The former has the classically draped general rising from his sarcophagus, while around him the pyramid of Eternity crumbles and the figure of Time breaks his scythe.
You can't compromise with crumble, though, and I was only willing to order it if it came with custard, which it didn't.
As we walked down the lane its pungent smell made our stomachs rumble. Times, Sunday Times
It's these tiniest details - the uneasy click of indeterminable percussion, the distant half-heard rumble of thunder from a distance - that make this music so worth hearing.
These people crumble when their arrant nonsense is confronted with simple common sense.
However, Microsoft still commands a overwhelming market share and it is unlikely that will crumble into _nothing_ within foreseeable future. — Microsoft’s Vista Problem, by the Numbers - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com
Never mind that if our building didn't crumble, we'd have to survive for weeks indoors.
Before the invention of the steam generator, when the dodgem and the chair-o-plane were but distant rumbles in the future, this is what we did for a fun day out.
Thunder rumbles because we hear sound waves from different parts of a jagged lightning stroke.
The vehicle rumbled slowly past and stopped in the middle of the street.
What had once seemed an unbreakable resolve - the hallmark of strong leadership - has begun to crumble at the edges.
Actually, I think those selfish grumblers should stop their complaining too because they're not the only ones who are suffering.
The Empire began to crumble during the 13th century.
At the blatting of my morning alarm, the signal shifted again to bring me the smarmy voice of Rick Santorum, a menacing rumble from the streets of Greece, and a bitter harpy of a chant that said I now have more past than future. Yakkety-Yak
Defence lobbyists such as the Conference of Defence Associations -- largely composed of reserve and retired officers -- were dismissed as special-interest grumblers or as corporatist interests unweaned from the public udder. National Defence: A Little Common Sense
A bolt of lightning descended from the heavens in a blinding flash of yellow light accompanied by the rumble seconds later.
So expect grumbles galore in this doc. The Sun
I'm sick of your unending grumbles.
Overhead in the darkening sky, the gathering thunderclouds rumbled a warning.
She got away with her tax credits scam for nine months until officials rumbled that her brood's birthdays overlapped. The Sun
The noise was heard 200 miles away as a deep rumble. Times, Sunday Times
Tears pricked Melissa's eyes at the scorn in Marsey's voice and for a moment she looked as if she would crumble.
Already the hard rumble of the city through the open windows became pleasant.
The sooner these negative old grumblers disappear the better.
The bass player plays some gnarly fuzz bass that underscores the band's songs and adds rumble to the band's garage rock sound.
Sprinkle the crumble mixture over the sponge, then add a scattering of almonds. The Sun
By the time the rain woke me the next morning my stomach rumbled like the epicentre of an earthquake and I realized I had no choice but to take destiny into my own hands.
I cannot recall any other instance in modern times in which a huge and mighty state crumbled to dust.
Then his entire head seemed to dissipate at once, to crumble with the slow-motion horror of an avalanche starting. THE KILL CLAUSE
If society were a train, the etiquette would be the rails along which only the train could rumble forth; if society were a state coach, the etuquette would be the wheels and axis on which only the coach could roll forward.
It merely brands you as the department's top grumbler, grouch and complainer.
My tummy grumbled, and it dawned on me that I hadn't eaten in a long while.
These days, the police are gone, the coca is plentiful and locals close off roads for multiday block parties—not rumbles with law enforcement. Cocaine: The New Front Lines
I heard the deep rumble of Michael's voice and I immediately stiffened up.
I often grumble about cold air-conditioning in restaurants. Times, Sunday Times
Through the shadows of this forest land we have driven our motorways, and great automobiles rumble where protesting monkeys chatter and scream. Times, Sunday Times
Then swarms of military personnel combed the area and a tarp-covered flatbed truck rumbled out of the woods.
Without even noticing the rumble strips, she slammed into a bridge abutment and rolled over several times into a dry riverbed. Fatal Error
And still the row rumbles on over who is to blame for the steadily surging crime statistics.
His lips drew back from strong, white teeth and a low growl rumbled in his throat. THE WOLF AND THE DOVE
Shoppers perennially grumble about bogus price cuts. Times, Sunday Times
However, the after-effects of the bout rumble on. Times, Sunday Times
If you rake windrows to dry out any stems on the bottom, leaves are apt to crumble and fall away, leaving just sticks for hay.
Every now and then a car rumbled over the bumpy dirt road, leaving behind a whirl of white dust.
A truck rumbled past like a snorting bull, leaving a trail of noise and diesel fumes.
What that means is that the juiciest of tips, when subjected to research, tend to desiccate and crumble. The Fiddler in the Subway
And far away the whaup wheepled in protest, the burn still grumbled, and the perfumes, and the sounds of the glen and all its beauty were as if they had never existed, and the thick cloud grew blacker over the face of the moon. The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner
I trembled with excitement as my ship rumbled to life.
The one room building was lop-sided now, and a portion of the roof had collapsed in on itself, causing the steeple to lean and crumble.
Thunder rumbled and lightning flashed, making the scene even more nightmarish.
Great stalactites hung from the roof and dripped water upon the floor, on which numerous small stalagmites were forming, where they had not been crumbled away by the passage and repassage of sleighs. Jacqueline of Golden River
Across the Maritimes, scores of wharves are being left to crumble, as the power of the sea exerts its inexorable force.
Trucks, buses and motorbikes rumbled and screeched under our window all night long.
It was then thunder grumbled low and loud from dark, heavy clouds covering the sun.
After that their marriage crumbled. The Sun
He has gone deep inside himself, his voice a low murmuring grumble. Times, Sunday Times
But as coercion becomes more extreme and resistance crumbles, prisoners lose the sense of continuity with their past. Trauma and Recovery
_And she went -- and she went_!" rumbled Pat in the bass. The Love Affairs of Pixie
Behind them rumbled an impressive line of Russian BTR-60 PK armoured personnel-carriers, huge, boat-shaped amphibious ones. KARA KUSH
There may be some hunger and rumbles from your stomach and intestines. The Hayfever Handbook - a summer survival guide
Inside it a few pathetic bones glowed red hot and then crumbled into fine ash.
I grumbled and groaned all the way to the door, then opened it.
It is a good horse that never stumbles; and a good wife that never grumbles.
Rice flour makes the cake less likely to crumble.
Desserts included crumbled amaretti in a rich dark chocolate mousse and home-made apple tart made with thin slices of apple.
Sure are imperviable to crumble, putrid, corrosion or insect infestation; be given barrier edifices formed in the Crosby Finance
Empathy and unapologetic emotion are her trademarks, evoked by a big voice that can rumble with lust or scream with self-hatred.
Some churchmen are heard to grumble about violations of the prohibitions of shared worship with heretics and schismatics.
allied forces crumbled before the Wehrmacht meat grinder
There may be some hunger and rumbles from your stomach and intestines. The Hayfever Handbook - a summer survival guide
The old rationale for bearing with mere authoritarians has crumbled away with the passing of the expansionist Marxist-Leninist totalitarians.
How many streets will have to remain unswept, how many refuse bins left to overflow, and roadways left to crumble to help pay for this latest face-saving exercise.?
Against the background of all this shameless capitalism, a rather undignified saga rumbles on in the local press.
This issue is all about human rights, and there is no right on earth so deeply entrenched as the right to grumble. Times, Sunday Times
The apple and raspberry crumble is marvellous. Times, Sunday Times
It's just too big,’ says Adam, as he gently pushes the clapper until it just touches the bell, producing a deep, sonorous rumble.
`No, thanks," I grumbled, wondering whether my father was going to have any luck fixing a leak during a rainstorm. MY BABYSITTER HAS FANGS
The lama watched the ticca-gharri rumble into the compound, and strode off, snuffing between each long stride. Kim
What if he knows Mick's upstairs, what if he's rumbled our game?
So then I fried the bacon until impossibly crisp, crumbled some on my salad, placed the rest in a mortar and proceeded to pestle the remainder.
They shared the ensuing silence amicably, until the heavy tread of boot-clad feet rumbled on the narrow wooden porch of the inn's street frontage.
The temple crumbles, and a flying saucer rises from the debris and disappears.
Nor are the insights of happiness limited to what is near around you. Unhappy, with your thoughts turned in upon your emotional woes, your vision is cut short as though by a wall. Happy, the wall crumbles.
The big guns rumbled in the distance.
After a time one rumbles his technique: a big emotional set-to, followed by pure bathos like Eleanor's "Well, what family doesn't have its ups and downs? The Lion in Winter - review
Crumble 100g feta over the top and put into the oven for about ten minutes. The Sun
Local complaints rumbled on until the city was shamed into taking action by Towton, a tiny village near Tadcaster, which was said to have outshone York in 1997.
There are grumblers who say this is another example of meddling by the nanny state.
Philip led the way, and they entered the mill, where the warning bells were ringing to give notice that the corn was flowing down rightly; and the mill-hoppers kept on "ruttle, ruttle;" the water hissed, seethed, and rushed under their feet; the millstones rumbled round and round; and there on the top of the sacks, with which the place was half filled, sat the two great white cats belonging to the miller, fast asleep; while in Hollowdell Grange Holiday Hours in a Country Home
Faced with the growing hostility of politicians, some tax havens quickly crumbled under the pressure. Times, Sunday Times
They will watch their careers and dreams crash and burn or just slowly crumble with age. Times, Sunday Times
We also ordered the pear crumble which was greatly undersold by its simple description - the crumble contained all sorts of exciting nibbles like pistachio nuts and came with jasmine ice-cream.
All right," was the unexpected response, rumbled apathetically from the deep chest. Chapter II
The rumble was quickly controlled by nearby officers and my attention returned to more important matters.
“Sure,” I grumbled, trying hard to ignore the warm glow that hearing him say my name had ignited in the pit of my belly. Goodnight Nobody
Under the pressure, the flint crumbled into fragments.
He collected R4000 in wedding gifts - but a suspicious guest rumbled him and the game was up.
It was then, that the pizza man went on to open the box completely to reveal the Shakespearean tragi-comedy of it all the pizza velcro-warmer had done such a phenomenal job at keeping the pizza hot, that all the cheese had crumbled and slid to one entire corner of the pizza Ugotsoul Diary Entry
Lay the crumble mixture on top of the fruit. The Sun
And still the row rumbles on over who is to blame for the steadily surging crime statistics.
Shakily, Adam rose to his feet while the dog fixed him with a baleful glare and a low threatening rumble escaped its throat. LOST SUMMER
The cliff face was starting to crumble into the sea.
But that's no 'what I call cannel, "grumbled Davie, glowering fiercely at the burning coal, as if meditating a fresh attack. Corporal Cameron of the North West Mounted Police; a tale of the Macleod trail
Prime Minister Gordon Brown - there's always time for rumbledethumps. Blogposts | guardian.co.uk
Important though it may be. its disappearance becomes inevitable from the day on which the established order crumbles.
But whether she told of the grumbler who could find nothing to complain of in heaven except that "his halo didn't fit," or said in her quick way, when the plainness of a lady's dress was commended, "Why, I didn't suppose that anybody could go _to heaven_ now-a-days without an overskirt," or wrote her sparkling impromptu rhymes for our children's games, her mirth was all in harmony with her earnest life. The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss
A convoy of heavy trucks rumbled past.
What's your biggest grumble about Britain today? The Sun
Nor are the insights of happiness limited to what is near around you. Unhappy, with your thoughts turned in upon your emotional woes, your vision is cut short as though by a wall. Happy(Sentence dictionary), the wall crumbles.
Crumble over the goat's cheese. The Sun
A shortcrust tart of Dorset crab is made with rust-coloured brown meat and a pastry that cracks and crumbles in all the right ways. Restaurant review: Albert's Table
Wearing a minimal amount of clothing just slightly filthier than yesterday, and already sweating in the unmoving 115 degree air, they rumble back into the desert trailing plumes of dust mile after mile. Kangaroo Dreaming
Outside, the church bus rumbled to a stop, air brakes wheezing.
HAMPTON ROADS -- Severe weather rumbled through Hampton Roads Thursday afternoon, prompting numerous weather warnings and causing damage and flooding. WVEC Top Stories
Booker T: The Booker T negotiations were said to have fallen through, and like Umaga, he was a name rumored to be making his return at the Rumble. PWTorch.com
The first part of the trip explores the coast, a region of emerald rain forests, deep fjords, rich sealife, and tidewater glaciers that crumble into icy seas.
The state has the same will, the same conscience-voice for good and evil as the Christ; yet it crumbles itself away into dogmaticalness of civil officers against one another. Uncollected Prose
No sooner had the thought passed through her mind when the familiar '79 Ford truck rumbled into the mouth of her driveway.
Stir in the prawns and serve with a crumble of feta cheese. Times, Sunday Times
I could faintly hear the distant rumble of commuter traffic from my bedroom - a reminder of what I had temporarily escaped.
Our American democracy has reached a nadir and we are experiencing a constitutional crisis and threat to the rule of law this democracywas founded ondue to the gross incompetence, fraudand 'tyranny by the decider 'GWBush and his neo-con/big oil cabal ... we are on the precipice of watching our very democracy and republic as we know it crumble .. Obama's Speech Accomplishes More Than It Appears
Indeed, Esmond’s general, who was known as a grumbler, and to have a hearty mistrust of the great Duke, and hundreds more officers besides, did not scruple to say that these private reasons came to the Duke in the shape of crown-pieces from the French King, by whom the The History of Henry Esmond
‘Naw, naw,’ Akairo laughed as his engine rumbled to life.
Tony grumbled incoherently and ran his fingers through his hair.

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