pattered

past tense of patter

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of pattered Big shot guests popped up in the studio audience, including the actors Bryan Cranston, Paul Rudd, and Ryan Reynolds, who did a few bits and pattered about the host going off air; Colbert moved through the usual jokes about the day’s news. David Sims, The Atlantic, 22 May 2026 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
  • Many of the players Fleury chatted with during preseason games, though, won’t be counted on often during the regular season.
    Andrew Destin, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • At the end of the night, guests chatted about where the afterparty was, as amfAR eschewed hosting one this year.
    Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 7 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Hemingway commended Salinger, then a twenty-five-year-old staff sergeant, on his short stories, and the two conversed for hours.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026
  • For a moment, two referees from the Falcons’ seventh training camp practice looked at each other, conversed and truly didn’t know what to rule.
    Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The voters who crowded into community halls, courthouses and a university lecture hall talked openly about Newsom’s presidential ambitions, even as Democrats try to keep the focus on November’s midterm elections.
    Steve Peoples, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2026
  • The Wall Street Journal reported last month that Trump talked to Warsh repeatedly, a report publicly backed by several of his aides.
    Steve Liesman, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • As the courtroom cleared, a jumble of spectators and journalists chattered about the whiplash.
    Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Around the family, people shared takeout dinners, swung on hammocks and chattered.
    Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2026
Verb
  • Investors have been rattled by the resurgence of inflationary pressures, particularly as a fresh wave of conflict in the Middle East drives oil prices higher.
    Jenni Reid, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
  • And the president's new plan to import ground beef has rattled many ranchers.
    Gaby Vinick, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026

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“Pattered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pattered. Accessed 14 Sep. 2026.

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