rattle on
Example Sentences
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My neighbors rattle on cheerfully about “2.5 dimensional characters” and “demi-humans;” their government has appointed the mouthless cartoon cutie Hello Kitty and a 22nd-century blue robotic cat named Doraemon as cultural ambassadors.
From New York Times • Aug. 11, 2018
“I could rattle on and on about Jason and Aiden all day,” she says.
From Washington Times • Apr. 2, 2017
“After listening to Hillary rattle on and on and on, I don’t think so badly of Rosie O’Donnell any more. In fact I’m actually starting to like Rosie a lot.”
From The Guardian • Oct. 20, 2016
Electric wires slung between pastel and tile buildings link to trams that rattle on tracks curling up and down cobbled streets.
From Washington Post • Sep. 15, 2016
It’s the type of estate that must be full of hidden doorways and secret passages, a sprawl of a mansion whose stairs creak and speak, while the windows rattle on the wind.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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