patterning

Example Sentences

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“Oh gosh, we’re just getting beat up over this,” Assemblywoman Maureen Hall said, rain pattering her car while she sat parked next to one of the historic homes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 14, 2026

As more people look to pets as companions, the pattering of paws has become a common backing track to grabbing a coffee with a friend.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

Director Philip Barantini pulls in for tight closeups and fades in and out of sound, bringing in the pattering of the rain outside to punctuate the blow of Jamie’s worldview.

From Salon • Mar. 18, 2025

Though there was a soothing quality to the sound of the fat raindrops pitter pattering on the leaves above me, I was stressed about the possibility of sleeping in a puddle.

From Washington Post • May 27, 2021

The undergrowth at the side of the scar was shaken and a multitude of raindrops fell pattering.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding