rattling
Example Sentences
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I nod, rattling off the addresses I wrote on my arm.
From Literature
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The reigning French Open and US Open champion reset and quickly took a grip on set two as he began to find his rhythm, rattling through it in just 43 minutes.
From Barron's
For years, historians followed the bomb’s echoes through the Cold War: Bikini Atoll and nuclear bunkers, Strangelove and SALT, détente and Defcon, Star Wars and saber rattling, to hit a few low points.
Maybe it was the rattling of the railcar, but I was having a hard time sitting still for such a long journey.
From Literature
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About a week later, Johnson heard the rattling of the metal cage.
From Los Angeles Times
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