pitter-patter

Example Sentences

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A noise jolts you awake, and you hear the pitter-patter of tiny, scurrying feet.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 27, 2023

Zookeeper Rosie Owen said: "It's so lovely to once again hear the pitter-patter of tiny, spotty and stripy Malayan tapir feet."

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2022

And the waste sprayed on fields often fell on the roofs of nearby houses, Addison writes, with “the soft pitter-patter of rain.”

From New York Times • Jun. 7, 2022

Obviously modest in quantity, Saturday’s pitter-patter in Washington may also have escaped widespread notice for another reason.

From Washington Post • Apr. 9, 2022

Then another strange noise—light slaps that sound like the pitter-patter of footsteps.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer