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'rattle' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'rattle' with 8 example sentences.


rattle noun

: a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders)

: a baby's toy that makes percussive noises when shaken

: loosely connected horny sections at the end of a rattlesnake's tail

rattle verb

: make short successive sounds

: shake and cause to make a rattling noise


  • Everything on top of the table started rattling when the earthquake hit.
  • The baby was playing with a rattle.
  • He angrily rattled the locked door.
  • The beggar rattled a few meager coins in his tin can.
  • The bus rattled as it drove along the bumpy road.
  • The wind was so strong that the windows rattled.
  • When you talk of the devil you will hear his bones rattle.
  • So much noise rattles me.
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