rattler

Example Sentences

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The first rattler occurred at a depth of 3.4 miles, and the largest quake was shallower, at 0.1 miles.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2024

Speaking of summer heat, a sweaty, off-the-deep-end Al Pacino generates plenty of his own in this nerve rattler from Sidney Lumet.

From New York Times • Jun. 3, 2023

On more than one occasion he's found himself under a house or a trailer in the wee hours of darkness tracking down a copperhead or rattler that needs to be moved.

From Scientific American • Sep. 18, 2022

The cause was complications after being bitten by a captive rattler at his home and research facility in Shepherdstown, W.Va., said his daughter Claire Martin.

From Washington Post • Aug. 10, 2022

The whip was laying in front of him stretched out and resting like it was a rattler that had got a good bite in on someone.

From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis