His tanks rumbled past the Lent post office and up the main road.
The distance was closing fast as the tank rumbled forward.
And the reality, he added, was that the police fled their station when the tanks rumbled in.
Slowly the tanks rumbled out of the bridgehead and moved up the road at eight miles an hour.
"You see what you've done," Lombar said as the tank rumbled along.
As Robinson's tank rumbled forward he reported constantly by radio to division headquarters.
Just then, the tank rumbled past, the smoldering truck in tow.
The tank rumbled, backed quickly, turned left and right in a sine curve.
Dimitri peered out into the rain and watched the tank rumble past the General.
The image of a tank rumbling toward civilians can evoke panic and dread.