Rustled

Examples

• Her garments rustled as she rushed towards the door. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The bed-clothes rustled. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• The boat rustled lightly along the water. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• I won't care for it, or let it change me a bit, thought Meg, and rustled across the room to shake hands with her friend. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• There was a little shelter of green branches outside over the entrance and in the dark the night wind rustled the leaves dried by the sun. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• The first sound that came after the heavenly peace rustled faintly like a passing breath of air over the grass of the burial-ground. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• There was a long pause, while a blackbird sung blithely on the willow by the river, and the tall grass rustled in the wind. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Dresses rustled, feathers waved, lights shone, and jewels sparkled. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.

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