rattle

Example Sentences

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The fiction: You can always tell there’s a rattlesnake nearby because you’ll hear their rattle.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

AFP journalists in Dandong, the main gateway for cross-border travel and trade, saw a mostly empty passenger train rattle over a bridge into North Korea this week.

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

Horsfield’s version shows the kind of sumptuous cage many aspire to live in, revealing why some people prefer to remain lavishly trapped, and others rattle the bars, hoping for escape.

From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026

To rattle Ireland they needed a fast start and a lead, which they've rarely had in this game.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

The Vanderbeeker kids headed upstairs to Isa and Jessie’s bedroom, where the only sound was the rattle of the windows in their frames from the winter winds.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser