rat

Example Sentences

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“Get away!” he would say, and he would chase off the cats, the birds, the occasional mouse or rat on the underground.

From Literature

We asked a prolific author, local professors, book critics, literary folks about town and a self-described “sailor punk rat” to make their picks personal.

From Los Angeles Times

China’s industrial rat race helped power the country’s economic miracle.

From The Wall Street Journal

This little creature is much cuter than the rats that plague the Ranch’s compost piles.

From Literature

“You don’t really expect me to rat them out, do you?”

From Literature