rattle through
phrasal verb
rattled through; rattling through; rattles through
British
: to do (something) quickly
We rattled through the meeting.
Examples of rattle through in a Sentence
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In the footage, the sounds come on in waves, rattling through the valley in intermittent thunders.
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Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
In this one, Austen rattles through an account of her days in Bath, gossips about their neighbors and relatives, shares news about their friends, pokes fun at Cassandra’s ill health, and laments the family’s diminished social status.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
Shelton and Hijikata’s match Thursday did not start until around 7:15 p.m., giving them just two hours and 15 minutes to rattle through it.
—Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 6 July 2025
And because these space rocks are already out there, rattling through the solar system, Rubin will rack up discoveries quickly, Schwamb and her colleagues predict—with some 70 percent of new objects discovered during the survey’s first two years.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 1 July 2025
After rattling through highlights from their 2024 LP Fine Art, as well as a handful of unreleased tracks, the group referenced their ongoing legal case.
—Sophie Williams, Billboard, 28 June 2025
The Maha season refused to mark its beginning, so the sounds of the irrigation tanks clinked and rattled through the city, promising water amid the drought.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2025
The astrologer cleared his throat, and the sound rattled through Dev.
—Kanak Kapur, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025
As coach Brian Daboll rattled through the list of first-round busts over the past 10 years, general manager Joe Schoen asked for the takeaway from the review.
—Dan Duggan, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
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Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
In this one, Austen rattles through an account of her days in Bath, gossips about their neighbors and relatives, shares news about their friends, pokes fun at Cassandra’s ill health, and laments the family’s diminished social status.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
Shelton and Hijikata’s match Thursday did not start until around 7:15 p.m., giving them just two hours and 15 minutes to rattle through it.
—Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 6 July 2025
And because these space rocks are already out there, rattling through the solar system, Rubin will rack up discoveries quickly, Schwamb and her colleagues predict—with some 70 percent of new objects discovered during the survey’s first two years.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 1 July 2025
After rattling through highlights from their 2024 LP Fine Art, as well as a handful of unreleased tracks, the group referenced their ongoing legal case.
—Sophie Williams, Billboard, 28 June 2025
The Maha season refused to mark its beginning, so the sounds of the irrigation tanks clinked and rattled through the city, promising water amid the drought.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2025
The astrologer cleared his throat, and the sound rattled through Dev.
—Kanak Kapur, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025
As coach Brian Daboll rattled through the list of first-round busts over the past 10 years, general manager Joe Schoen asked for the takeaway from the review.
—Dan Duggan, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
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“Rattle through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rattle%20through. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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