adverb
Other Word Forms
- rattlingly adverb
Etymology
Origin of rattling
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Occasionally a rattling of a chair, but little more.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
But transparency, especially when investors are grappling with hidden risks in private credit markets that are rattling nerves on Wall Street, has value beyond its line-item cost.
From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026
“But you’re not rattling them off. They’re people that mean something to you; that you couldn’t be here without them.”
From Salon • Mar. 16, 2026
A “planned” transition involving the exits of two sales leaders is also rattling investors.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026
I walk eight more sidewalk lines, noticing city sounds more than before: the beeping of a backing-up truck, the one-sided cell phone conversations, the rattling of tires over potholes.
From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
