adverb
Other Word Forms
- rattlingly adverb
Etymology
Origin of rattling
Example Sentences
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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
About a week later, Johnson heard the rattling of the metal cage.
From Los Angeles Times
Adds Mitchell, “We understand the numbers and acreage,” he says before rattling off a host of fire statistics.
From Los Angeles Times
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