pattered

past tense of patter

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of pattered As rain pattered against windows, and trees lining the streets swayed, flurries of urgent texts began ricocheting from one end of the neighborhood to the other, and panic set in as some residents put on their shoes and hurried out the door. Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pattered
Verb
  • The opportunity to see one of ballet’s greats brought out a crowd that included baseball legends like CC Sabathia and Dave Winfield, who made their way upstairs to the pre-performance cocktail hour, where Iman chatted with Debbie Allen and her sister Phylicia Rashad.
    Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Prior to checking in at the guesthouse, Mangione met a Japanese professional poker player at dinner in Tokyo in February and chatted with two American expatriates in Bangkok in March, The New York Times reported.
    Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The 18-year-old, who is a University of Miami golf commit, filmed the session as the pair played best ball and conversed about life, politics and sports.
    Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Akkasca returned to the vehicle, took a video documenting the car’s lack of damage, conversed with Hertz employees and managers about it, and was told the app would talk directly to him – which was untrue, reported Carscoops.
    Peter Cohan, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The two talked later in the game near the benches.
    Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Nelson, author of 2021’s Boys Enter the House, talked to the friends and family of the victims, as well as some who’d survived Gacy’s crimes, going even deeper on the victims’ stories.
    Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Diners chattered away and ate at the restaurant while wedding guests gathered on the dance floor.
    Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Several analysts left the meeting rattled.
    Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Predictably, Weiss’ arrival at CBS News rattled the troops.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025

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“Pattered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pattered. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.

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