patter
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As plainclothes detective Tony Baretta, he swaggered through four gritty seasons in muscle shirts and a newsboy cap, with a snappy street patter and a pet cockatoo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
But for Griffin, this New Age Page-A-Day calendar patter sounds “like poetry.”
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026
Above the patter of rain cascading through the jungle canopy comes the haunting call of a pileated gibbon singing to fend off intruders in Cambodia's Cardamom Mountains.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
Speaking of stamina and dedication: Mr. Elwes himself narrates the “Huge Numbers” audiobook, and does so with the precision patter of a Brit who received a first-class-honors mathematics degree from Oxford.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
Her heart raced even faster than the patter of her shoes on the sidewalk.
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
Vocabulary lists containing patter
The Watsons Go to Birmingham
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Not Your Father's Word List: Pater, Patr
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"There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury
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