Verb The trees rustled in the wind. Her skirt rustled as she walked. He rustled the papers on his desk. Noun He heard a rustle of leaves behind him.
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Verb
Elon Musk was able to rustle up more than $7 billion from 19 investors to support his $44 billion bid to take Twitter private this year. Jennifer Williams-alvarez, WSJ, 11 May 2022 For those wanting to rustle up food at home, the big grocery chains have dedicated sections on their websites to help. Karla Adam, Washington Post, 31 May 2022 Some, like Sebastian Faena and Gary Sorrenti, were able to rustle up a late-night snack in the form of beef carpaccio and pasta for the adjacent kitchen servicing Cipriani Downtown Miami. Zachary Weiss, Vogue, 7 Dec. 2021 Previous franchise stars who’ve appeared on DWTS are likely to offer their support on social media and rustle up some extra votes. Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al, 20 Sep. 2021 For example, whenever a tree moves, leaves need to rustle.BostonGlobe.com, 26 Aug. 2021 Birds rustle in the branches of a large, wizened hemlock. Zoya Teirstein, Wired, 14 Aug. 2021 The Green Knight, as seen in Lowery's enchanting Arthurian dream, is an imposing tree of a man, with a wispy beard of twigs and a wooden mane whose movements rustle with the sound of bended, creaking branches. Jake Coyle, Star Tribune, 28 July 2021 Government and philanthropic funding is no match for corporate purses, and few institutions can rustle up the data and computing power needed to match work from companies like Google. Tom Simonite, Wired, 8 June 2021
Noun
There’s no sign of any other home in any direction, no sound of traffic, just the rustle of a breeze through the grass.Sunset Magazine, 31 Aug. 2022 Bands of cash, smacked down on surfaces, sound like bricks; loose bills, collected by a dancer, rustle like leaves. Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022 Thunder mutters overhead, the wind picks up, and human cries are half lost in the rustle of leaves.The New Yorker, 3 June 2022 But with the top raised, there’s hardly a rustle of wind noise, so good is the sealing. Howard Walker, Robb Report, 8 June 2022 Some pictures will stir your soul and cause a rustle of recognition. Michael Johnston, The New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2022 All come with a backdrop of stunning towering mountains, the rustle of the wind through the trees and the allure of an endless expanse of clear blue water merging with the sky. Lisa Morrow, CNN, 25 Mar. 2022 The subject matter caused a rustle, but Chandler, who died in 1997, stood by Davidson.New York Times, 28 Jan. 2022 The muffled, vaguely sonographic rustle of a pocket, or a purse. Meghan O'gieblyn, Wired, 24 Jan. 2022 See More