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
Whatever it was they found it in Boyd Fortin, a 13-year-old with blond locks and the carcass of a rattler in his hands.
From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 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
