rat-a-tat

Example Sentences

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Behind the rat-a-tat pace of the jokes, “Shucked” is the work of outliers who worry that the victories for tolerance they’ve seen in their lifetimes are being reversed.

From New York Times

Even though the admission rushes out in Wall’s normal rat-a-tat cadence, it makes the interviewer, Donal Ware, sit back and mouth a single word that speaks for all of us: “Wow.”

From Washington Post

But while rat-a-tat and packed in a manner to be expected from someone once known as “Sally Soundbite,” Conway’s own bid at recording history, written with a book doctor, is spotty and selective.

From New York Times

We didn’t grow up with this, yet we allowed this rat-a-tat, consistent interaction with gun violence to be part of our children’s lives.

From Washington Post

His buddies knew his talents for table-to-table rat-a-tat, and urged him to make a tape.

From New York Times