rat-a-tat

Example Sentences

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“People were amazed. They could see these top stars singing and dancing. They could hear the rat-a-tat of the guns. And sound also made for a tremendous amount of creativity in movie making.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026

Inspired by US vocal harmony groups such as En Vogue and SWV, Mis-Teeq cleverly incorporated garage and hip-hop to their sound, with Alesha Dixon's rat-a-tat MC'ing setting them apart from more their pop rivals.

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2025

You could hear her before you could see her: a throaty, rat-a-tat laugh — ha-ha-ha-ha — drifting through the cool canyon air.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2024

But while rat-a-tat and packed in a manner to be expected from someone once known as “Sally Soundbite,” Conway’s own bid at recording history, written with a book doctor, is spotty and selective.

From New York Times • May 26, 2022

Then as we strolled around the deck, they were to make rat-a-tat sounds and Nancy and I would fall to the deck.

From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz