[
US
/ˈɹəsɫɪŋ/
]
[ UK /ɹˈʌslɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /ɹˈʌslɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
- a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind
- the stealing of cattle
ADJECTIVE
-
characterized by soft sounds
a soughing wind in the pines
a slow sad susurrous rustle like the wind fingering the pines
a murmurous brook
How To Use rustling In A Sentence
- There is a constant cacophony of owl hoots and rustling rats. Times, Sunday Times
- She hears nothing but the breeze rustling the curtains of her bedroom window, and the angry blare of the television coming from her father's bedroom.
- Traditional B-Western themes such as cattle and horse rustling continued, but they were war-related.
- There was only a cluster of reeds by the river(Sentence dictionary), rustling dryly in an evening breeze.
- He found himself making his way along a rocky crest when a sudden rustling in the brush startled him.
- Six people have been arrested in connection with sheep rustling in the region in recent months. The Sun
- With the sound of the wind rustling the neon green leaves, Theo fell into a gentle sleep.
- rustling silk
- The lady returned to her side, her dress rustling softly as it slid along the smooth surface.
- It makes a dry rustling sound, and a hollow echo as the cans and harder litter roll away across the dirty tiles.