rumbling sound

collocation in English

meaningsofrumblingandsound

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rumbling
noun
uk
/ˈrʌm.bəl.ɪŋ/us
/ˈrʌm.bəl.ɪŋ/
a sign of anger ...
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sound
noun
uk
/saʊnd/us
/saʊnd/
something that you can hear or that can ...
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(Definition ofrumblingandsoundfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A hissing orrumblingsoundwas sometimes reported.
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The sound is usually described as arumblingsound.
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Therumblingsoundis partly due to these reflections.
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As he does so, there is arumblingsound.
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Smoke andrumblingsoundeffects occur when the ride moves up out of the volcano.
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The ride area was filled with arumblingsoundthat got louder to entice riders.
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When a vehicle drives over them, they make a loudrumblingsoundand vibration.
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All of a sudden, they are startled by a giganticrumblingsound.
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It was a tremendousrumblingsoundand all the school went dead.
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Therumblingsoundcan also be heard when the neck or jaw muscles are highly tensed as when yawning deeply.
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From the city a heavyrumblingsoundcould be heard as hundreds of buildings collapsed into rubble.
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The larger eruptions have also been heard underwater or on land close to the volcano as a deeprumblingsound.
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Many individuals can voluntarily produce thisrumblingsoundby contracting the tensor tympani muscle of the middle ear.
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Some individuals can voluntarily produce thisrumblingsoundby contracting the tensor tympani muscle of the middle ear.
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The drum is distinctive in that it has a handle, and is made of caribou skin, which is not particularly resonant and gives a dull,rumblingsound.
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