rattle

Example Sentences

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The fiction: You can always tell there’s a rattlesnake nearby because you’ll hear their rattle.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

AFP journalists in Dandong, the main gateway for cross-border travel and trade, saw a mostly empty passenger train rattle over a bridge into North Korea this week.

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

Horsfield’s version shows the kind of sumptuous cage many aspire to live in, revealing why some people prefer to remain lavishly trapped, and others rattle the bars, hoping for escape.

From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026

Fuel disruptions could increase costs and rattle consumer behavior beyond the short term, businesses say in shareholder reports.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

As if hands were inside the trunk, a force began to rattle Seven and literally push her off the branches.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega