rumbling
noun C1- A muted sound of complaint or discontent (often used in the plural). · The rumblings of the masses precede the crumbling of the state.
- A deep low noise. · The rumbling of distant thunder echoed from the hilltop.
Plural rumblings
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The sky was darkened, and a low rumbling sound was heard in the air.
Then from the ruined wall nearest the jungle rose up the rumbling war-shout of Baloo.
She waited for some time without hearing anything more: at last came a rumbling of little cartwheels, and the sound of a good many voices all talking together: she made out the words: “Where’s the other ladder?—Why, I hadn’t to bring but one; Bill’s got the other—Bill!
Valentine was alone; two other clocks, slower than that of Saint-Philippe-du-Roule, struck the hour of midnight from different directions, and excepting the rumbling of a few carriages all was silent.
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