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Grammar : Verb
Spell : ruhm-buhl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈrʌm bəl



Définition of rumble

Origin :
  • late 14c., "make a deep, heavy, continuous sound," also "move with a rolling, thundering sound," also "create disorder and confusion," probably related to Middle Dutch rommelen "to rumble," Middle High German rummeln, Old Norse rymja "to shout, roar," all of imitative origin. Related: Rumbled; rumbling.
  • verb growl, thunder
Example sentences :
  • When, at last, he spoke, his voice was a rumble of strangely shy pleasure.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • And a rumble quickly grew to an earth-shaking blast of thunder.
  • Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
  • The Courier in the rumble was not altogether comfortable in his mind.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • There was a rumble of thunder far out on the western prairie.
  • Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington
  • They both turned at the rumble of the train outside the station.
  • Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • The whistle was heard at the station, and the rumble of the on-coming train.
  • Extract from : « Southern Lights and Shadows » by Various
  • Then, remotely, faint as distant cannonading, a rumble reached me.
  • Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • The thudding of hooves became a mutter and then a rumble and then a growl.
  • Extract from : « Pariah Planet » by Murray Leinster
  • Almost at the same moment there was the rumble of carriage-wheels on the road.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • She heard the rumble of the wheels; it was like a deafening reverberation from the day of doom.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine

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