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verb

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Recent Examples of patter
Noun
His patter off the field was equally relentless. Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 14 Aug. 2025 But there could be some major differences between the two shows, beginning with her set list and stage patter. George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
Verb
Details like water overflowing from the bathtub, rain pattering on a window, a phone ringing and a piano playing contributed to the realism of the experience. Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 7 Apr. 2025 One of the most impressive aspects is a mix of its seasonal and weather systems, with spring buds, fall colors and blanketing snow, mixed with high winds and rainstorms pattering drops on my DualSense controller. Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for patter
Recent Examples of Synonyms for patter
Noun
  • Now, how about that chatter about a possible WBD bid?
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Glenn's winless start through the first six games has caused chatter to begin in the media about the possibility that New York could move on from Glenn before next season.
    Jordan Sigler, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Last year, Jimmy didn’t even know any defensive terminology.
    Jon Conahan, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The guidelines contain specific terminology and targets for calories and nutrients that guide federal food aid for mothers and infants, free school lunches and what's served at military bases and in federal prisons.
    Will Stone, NPR, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Amid all the fanfare, the SKIMS founder had a chance to chat with Variety on the carpet and admitted that going incognito was a last minute decision that her makeup artist wasn't so pleased about.
    Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
  • With all that, and more to come, including the final selections and programming categories of world premieres and more, Hernandez chatted with me about what Sundance is planning for 2026, the loss of Bob Redford, and what’s in store for the big move to Boulder, CO for the 2027 festival.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But as Muttaqi went about a public relations blitz in India and held talks with Indian officials, deadly clashes erupted along the Durand Line border between Pakistan and Afghanistan in recent days.
    Happymon Jacob, Time, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The banks are discussing an emergency loan backed by Argentine assets, the people said, while cautioning that talks are ongoing and specific collateral is still being ironed out.
    Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Patrick also has his own researcher, so the cast members all had access to this dropbox full of stuff, including incredible academic studies of John Gacy’s speech pattern and word choice and syntax use, and a breakdown of the Chicago dialect and his Polish background.
    Hunter Ingram, Variety, 18 Oct. 2025
  • On Thursday evening, Welsh read from his new book Men in Love, which is written in the Edinburgh dialect.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Now in a stunning new home, these objects seem to breathe and converse as never before.
    New York Times, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Just as Italian Neorealism and Brazilian Cinema Novo once did, through his cinema, Walter’s inner space opens its doors horizontally, without agendas or hierarchies, so that all human emotion can converse within this personal yet collective space.
    Alejandro González Iñárritu, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • These acts of radical playfulness—the inflatable dance parties, the music, the absurdity—have become part of the city’s moral vocabulary.
    MSNBC Newsweek, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
  • There's also critical thinking, vocabulary, and knowledge that books offer students.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Turner would try to rattle Simons at practices, just to test him.
    Jay King, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • And, that there was a goblin, squatting in my skull, rattling a metal pail full of bolts and hissing failure, rot, spoil.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025

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“Patter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patter. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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