pitter-patter
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Zookeeper Rosie Owen said: "It's so lovely to once again hear the pitter-patter of tiny, spotty and stripy Malayan tapir feet."
From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2022
And the waste sprayed on fields often fell on the roofs of nearby houses, Addison writes, with “the soft pitter-patter of rain.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2022
And the rapid-fire pitter-patter of those spidery digits over computer keyboards is a comical running gag throughout.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 21, 2022
Obviously modest in quantity, Saturday’s pitter-patter in Washington may also have escaped widespread notice for another reason.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 9, 2022
Mama and Papa were so engrossed in their own thoughts and conversation that they didn’t hear the two sets of footsteps pitter-patter down the upstairs hallway.
From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser
The wispy author, who wears her hair in a halo, pitter-patters about in a set of high-ceilinged rooms in which the light seems to have died long ago.
From Time Magazine Archive
I felt little pitter-patters in my heart the day I tried on my first pointe shoes.
From "Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina" by Michaela DePrince
Later in the quarter, the Tigers confused the MSU defense again on a similar play and Trey Palmer pitter-pattered into the end zone for a 58-yard touchdown, no defender within 20 yards.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 25, 2021
Mass., whose tiny, brilliant red homebred Pekingese bitch, Kai Lo of Dah Lyn, pitter-pattered to victory.
From Time Magazine Archive
Oh, so early, as the raindrops pitter-pattered on the roof of the little rabbit's house in the Old Brier Patch.
From Billy Bunny and Uncle Bull Frog by Cory, David
When bedtime arrived, they all peeled off their moccasins and stockings and hung them round the stove to dry, and then pitter-pattered up the cold, bare stairs in their bare feet.
From The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure by Heming, Arthur Henry Howard
Raindrops pitter-pattering on the ground during an April shower can appear peaceful to the naked eye, but a closer look at the droplet hitting the ground would reveal a violent interaction between water and soil.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 17, 2022
My heart pitter-pattering, I pierced a piece with a fork and brought it carefully into my mouth.
From Salon ● Nov. 19, 2021
For now, glampers can enjoy their solitude in a tent that makes even thunderstorms enjoyable, with the rain pitter-pattering on the canvas and the lightning glowing through the walls.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 31, 2015
When an ant wanders over a copper plate inside, the pitter-pattering of its miniscule feet is mixed in with the sound of water: something like rain, or the noise inside a shower.
From The Guardian ● May 20, 2013
“Ai, Chihuahua . . .” And, now that it had devoured most of the town’s water snakes, that grubby yellow feline reincarnation of Cleofes Apodaca was pitter-pattering quietly along the irrigation ditches, hunting frogs.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
