pitter-patter
Example Sentences
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The pane of glass before him reflects back at us his house’s immediate surroundings: a large tree, an overcast sky, a falling rain whose gentle pitter-patter fills in the silence.
From Los Angeles Times
Between meetings, Katt Aubry caught herself looking over at her pet’s empty dog bed by her desk and missing the pitter-patter of his footsteps around the house.
From Washington Post
Trump still makes many Americans’ hearts go pitter-patter.
From New York Times
The pitter-patter that Voyager 1 detected gives insight into how interstellar gas interacts with solar wind, along with the overall density of the heliopause region.
From Salon
The pitter-patter of drops could not be drowned out.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
