The rustling of the leaves is again heard and the theme of the Forest Bird comes in by way of the oboe, flute, clarinet and other wood winds.
The rustling of the leaves is first heard in D minor, then in B major.
As we were going through the forest shortly afterwards I heard a rustlingsound among the underwood, and saw, close ahead of me, a dark-skinned creature about the size of a calf rush on towards the water.
An hour or more might have passed, when we heard a rustlingin the neighbouring bushes.
We listened; and in a few seconds we could distinguish the sound of a rustling of boughs, as if a person were making his way through them.
Up they fly again With a little soft rustling laugh.
It whistles in the leaves and makes a rustling sound.
She asked us who walked in the gallery on which her bed-room opened, making a rustling with her dress, and going down the stairs, and breathing long breaths here and there.
It was a dreadful sound, like the shaking of a tree and rustling of leaves.
I had not gone half-a-dozen steps on my return when I heard a heavy tread and a rustling behind me.
At the tearing and rustling noise caused by his efforts to free himself from the clinging brambles, she turned quickly, the half-startled look upon her features giving way to a wholly amused one as she took in the situation.
Jean-Marie put his faith in Madame Desprez; and as they drove forward down the road from Bourron, between the rustling poplars, he prayed in his teeth, and whipped up the horse to an unusual speed.
Just at this instant, however, a shadow crossed the path; a rustling sound was heard among the branches, and the tall figure of a man in a dragoon cloak stood before me.
There were sounds in the air: a metallic tapping like the intermittent drumming of a woodpecker mingled with a rustling as of some small animal scurrying back and forth over the dead leaves.
There was a rustling in the bushes; the Great Dane bounded out, though not as before to stand menacing; and when he turned his head she was there near him.
He went into the shed: there was a rustling for a few moments: then all was silent, except for the heavy tramp of the sentry as he paced slowly up and down.
Just as he came opposite to the plantation his ears caught a sound which, though indistinguishable in the wind, was different from the rustling of branches or foliage.
Near the banks of a large piece of water, which had engaged my attention, I thought I heard a rustling noise behind; on turning about I was almost petrified (as who would not be?
As my wits cleared, however, I began to hear plenty of sounds, as it were, buzzing and rustling and booming in my very ears, then far away again.
Still his heart continued firm, and he grew more composed, when the rustling taps were renewed!
A sober gentleman of very great respectability, who was low-spirited and hypochondriac to a degree, was at times so fanciful, that almost every rustling noise he heard was taken for an apparition or hobgoblin.
He was suddenly awakened from his reveries by an uncommon rustling sound issuing from the closet on the right hand; and, listening attentively, he heard distinct taps upon the floor at short intervals.
Curly has been accused of that Bar Double M horse rustling back in the early summer.
But Curly was just a kid crazy with the heat when he made that fool play of rustling horses.
The district attorney had no choice but to go on with the case of the State versus Flandrau on a charge of rustling horses from the Bar Double M.
Her former husband, paroled from the penitentiary a few months before the rustling episode, had at intervals made of her shop a loafing place since that time.
The rustling palm trees waved day and night before the steady trade winds; the air hung cool in the shadows, the white surf broke on the reefs in constant thunder, and the tropical sunlight surrounded the gem like a halo of misty gold.
The moonlight revealed her, the jungle stood at her back: and through her hand on my arm I felt the blood of the East, rustling like water in the hills after a tropical rain.
Mrs. Ryder crossed the room, with her large white hand outstretched, her satin gown rustling as she moved, and the lamplight shimmering over her massive shoulders in their setting of old lace.
As he stepped to the sidewalk a lady in a rustling gown descended from her carriage and paused as she was passing him.
A woman, buried amid the pillows of a divan, rose as he entered and came towards him, her trailing skirts rustling over the velvet carpet.
Then came several women, entering with a great deal of rustling and no evident object in view.
And through fields of corn we passed together, Orange golden in the brooding heat, Where brown reapers in the harvest weather Cut ripe swathes of downward rustling wheat.
At night we went to sleep on the sea shore; but were awakened by the noise of a serpent of surprising length and thickness, whose scales made a rustling noise as he wound himself along.
Now and then they heard the sound of rustling bushes on the shores, but as a rule the scene was very still.
He had proceeded but a few yards when a rustling in the bushes just ahead attracted his attention.
The rustling was soon followed by a low growl, and directly the damp muzzle of the bulldog was thrust into the boy’s face.
Under the cottonwoods with their rustling leaves, and green so soothing to the eye, it was very pleasant.
The white aspens were all bare, and oak leaves were rustling down.
The rustling sound continued, and a moment later another cat of the same type leaped out into the clearing, took in its surroundings carefully, and then made for the body of the deer.
Again it came, and the next minute they caught sight of a wild pig, or peccary, rustling the tall grass not far away.
Although the child had not slept through all the long, dark hours, the shapeless doll had borne her such good company, rustling affably whenever conversation was in order, that she had forgotten to be afraid.
It will be lovely to learn," trilled Pilarica, the leaves rustling a song of their own under her tripping feet.
To each of these she gave a swift caress in passing, for they seemed, in a way, like playmates, and their rustling green faces were very pleasant to kiss.
What music there is in therustling murmur with which they greet your invading step!
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "rustling" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: mumbling; murmuring; muttering; rustle; whispering
