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Meanings of rumbling in English

Catalan
remor sorda

A loud low dull continuous noise.

        remor sorda

        Continuous full and low-pitched throbbing sound.

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              Examples for "grumbling"
              Examples for "grumbling"
              1
              Natural grumbling among the troops was repeated and exaggerated in the North.
              Abraham Lincoln
              2
              Thus was the Drum-Horse of the White Hussars buried; the Farrier-Sergeant grumbling.
              Plain Tales from the Hills
              3
              The evening was passed in grumbling: everybody was in a bad humour.
              Cyprus, as I Saw It in 1879
              4
              It's possible those high standards have led to some of the grumbling.
              Wired
              5
              Antipater's grumbling was as good as an admission that I was right.
              Rogues
              Usage of rumbling in English
              1
              The thunder of the Declaration was still rumbling in the poplar grove.
              A Knight of the Cumberland
              2
              The rumbling of a particularly loud eruption of power rolled over them.
              Return of the Crimson Guard
              3
              We likened it to the rumbling of wheels in the corridor outside.
              The Law and the Lady
              4
              The confused noise and rumbling in the house seemed strange to him.
              The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
              5
              Then he lumbered slowly away in the direction of the rumbling waterfall.
              Baree, Son of Kazan
              6
              Her ear heard the deep rumbling of a tempest in the west.
              American Indian Stories
              7
              It was the time of the Vietnam war and rumbling social unrest.
              The Guardian
              8
              No signs that an eruption will happen soon, but it's still rumbling.
              Wired
              9
              His new Morgan Plus 8 will soon be rumbling around Hunan Province.
              BBC
              10
              The cars kept rumbling up the hill and bumping down the hill.
              The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories
              11
              When queried on the matter, Barry would, however, make savage rumbling noises.
              The Irish Times
              12
              She'd heard nothing, but she did now: a distant rumbling from below.
              Imajica: Complete Edition
              13
              The rumbling sound followed for those underground a few long seconds after.
              Envoy
              14
              The rumbling echo of their war howls still trembled in the mountains.
              The last page
              15
              From the lips of the ape-man broke a rumbling growl of warning.
              Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar
              16
              The tourist-coach was rumbling down the mountain road, and he joined it.
              The Harris-Ingram Experiment
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              Common
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