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rattling

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adverb

rattling

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verb

present participle of rattle
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as in clattering
to make a series of short sharp noises the children tromped through the kitchen, making the plates on the shelf rattle

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of rattling
Adjective
Here a number of the emigrants who arrived late were stowed away on a rattling floor of cane, covered with hides. Gary Kamiya, SFChronicle.com, 2 Oct. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rattling
Adjective
  • But without affordable renewables (or rapid breakthroughs in nuclear fusion) the electricity to feed all those AI data centers may not arrive in time.
    Christopher Helman, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • With the end of military restrictions on building came rapid expansion into working-class districts.
    Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 1 July 2025
Adverb
  • Her long, dark hair was messily waved, hanging past her shoulders like a shawl, while her eyebrows were shaved extremely thin, leaving little room for any expression other than a sly smile.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 1 July 2025
  • While both the House and Senate bills proposed language that was extremely harmful to the pass-through entity community, the final Senate bill passed made significant modifications that will encourage continued investments via pass through entities.
    Lynn Mucenski Keck, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Verb
  • After chatting to a voice LLM chatbot like ChatGPT, going back to trying to have a conversational user experience with Alexa (or Siri, or whoever) is frustrating.
    Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Brown suggested allowing for photos and videos to be shared, and adding video-chatting capabilities.
    James Watson, Hartford Courant, 12 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The finish is brisk with balanced acidity and a soft texture.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
  • Examples of beneficial exercise include brisk walking, running, or cycling.
    Jamie Johnson, Verywell Health, 24 June 2025
Adverb
  • The problem with Canadian nationalism is that Canada is very new.
    Stephen Marche, The Atlantic, 1 July 2025
  • One place the Padres desperately need to upgrade is the outfield, but there aren't very many quality outfielders expected to be on the market.
    Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025
Verb
  • Create Polls and Ask Questions Polls get people talking, and LinkedIn’s algorithm rewards it.
    William Arruda, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
  • The dream part of it, for him, was the chance to spend 100 minutes talking not very much about his passion project itself, but rather using it as a springboard for an infinitely widespread discussion about about political, economic and social ideals.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 3 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Spend your days absorbing its wartime history, wandering the outdoor markets, dining on seafood, rejuvenating at a spa, or hiking secluded coastal trails before lolling on the white-sand beaches.
    Peggy Orenstein, AFAR Media, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Cohen and colleagues have published several studies showing an increase in the polar vortex stretching or wandering.
    CBS News, CBS News, 4 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • As his health faded in the last year of his life, Neruda rushed to finish his story, which gives the last chapters of his book a galloping, fragmented quality.
    Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 25 June 2021
  • The artist was in Times Square last week to offer his latest corrective, unveiling a massive bronze statue of a young African American man in urban streetwear sitting astride a galloping horse.
    NBC News, NBC News, 7 Oct. 2019

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