pitpat

Example Sentences

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Trudging on in this delightful reverie, his ear detected a pitpat at some distance behind him: he looked round with very slight curiosity and saw two men coming up.

From Hard Cash by Reade, Charles

Then from down the hard dirt path they all heard the "pitpat, pitpat" of the footsteps of some animal.

From The Bobbsey Twins at School by Hope, Laura Lee