How to Use rattle in a Sentence

rattle

1 of 2 verb
  • The thing about Ava is she doesn’t get rattled.
    — Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2026
  • Yet the young Raiders weren’t rattled by a rough start.
    — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 2 June 2026
  • Some days will stretch it; others will rattle it to the core.
    — Neri Karra Sillaman, Harvard Business Review, 20 Mar. 2026
  • During the day there is no rattling.
    — John Paul, The Providence Journal, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Early in the year, we got rattled.
    — Martin Henderson, Oc Register, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Look past the saber rattling and campaign rhetoric.
    — Brian Jones, Oc Register, 6 Jan. 2026
  • The dude is steady, even-keeled, doesn’t appear to get rattled.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Markets were rattled by the news.
    — Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Don’t let the losses rattle you.
    — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Kay woke before dawn to the sound of rain rattling the windows.
    — Charlotte Brooks, Big Think, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Earlier in the week, a pair of quakes rattled the same area.
    — Chelsea Hylton, CBS News, 8 May 2026
  • But the brink of history can rattle the best of ’em.
    — Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
  • When this thing went off, every filling in my mouth rattled.
    — Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
  • The officers would walk by and rattle the cage.
    — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 6 May 2026
  • He wasn’t rattled by the SEC stage.
    — Zach Sweet, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Thank god, because how boring would life be if we got rattled and stopped all that.
    — Evan Clark, Footwear News, 20 May 2026
  • No rattling wheels, no jolts, just a smooth, whisper-quiet ride.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2025
  • None of it seemed to rattle the president.
    — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Even now, months later, the author looks rattled.
    — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 15 Jan. 2026
  • She is rattled by her own sloppiness.
    — Literary Hub, 23 Mar. 2026
  • The Broncos sped him up at times, but he was never rattled.
    — Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The war has rattled the Middle East.
    — Munir Ahmed, Fortune, 11 June 2026
  • Harriet’s old pans rattled in the kitchen.
    — Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 30 May 2026
  • The loss rattled many in the neighborhood.
    — Andrew Ramos, CBS News, 25 June 2026
  • Gray wallpaper rattled in the wind like ashen newsprint in a dying fire.
    — Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 12 Feb. 2024
  • The blast rattled Gentry Stover from his sleep.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The blast rattled Gentry Stover from his sleep.
    — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The president didn't seem rattled by it.
    — ABC News, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Then back-and-forth strikes rattled the Middle East this week.
    — Konstantin Toropin, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2026
  • Shut your bedroom door or use a towel to prevent rattling.
    — Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025

rattle

2 of 2 noun
  • I'd go nuts if I had to endure the rattle of that bottling plant every day.
  • The owl tells him to sing and play his rattle in the morning.
    — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2021
  • His life has been lived in joy with his finger on those rattle cans.
    — Sofia Krusmark, The Arizona Republic, 17 Mar. 2022
  • The rattle inside his body that had played the white noise to his life was hushed.
    — Courtney Crowder, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
  • They were built to handle the rattles and shakes of dirt-road driving.
    — Chris Woodyard, USA TODAY, 20 Nov. 2019
  • But a night off from calling football didn't stop the rattle in his voice.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 26 Oct. 2022
  • His drum beats rattle and scatter and swell, the sound bouncing off of rock.
    — Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Sep. 2023
  • An echo of chattering macaws cracks through the rattle of the cicadas.
    — Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 July 2023
  • In fact, there's that sort of rattle and a clang to our entire cul-de-sac, and that's mostly on us.
    — Chris Erskine, latimes.com, 25 May 2018
  • Their rasping sound is something akin to a rattlesnake’s rattle.
    — David E. Petzal, Field & Stream, 30 June 2020
  • By midday, the rattle of Aztec anklets rang across the park along with the steady beat of drums.
    — Austindedios, oregonlive, 10 Sep. 2023
  • A little two-inch yellow box of Ship matches with a healthy rattle to it.
    — Ann Wroe, The Economist, 7 Dec. 2020
  • From inside her house, M heard a rattle of gunfire and a chorus of screams.
    — Washington Post, 5 July 2018
  • Old men fished along its quays despite the rattle of German machine guns.
    — Bruce Dale, National Geographic, 17 Apr. 2019
  • Gender-reveal cakes have a pink or blue rattle hidden in the cake’s center hole.
    — Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant, 4 Aug. 2022
  • Think things like rattles, balls, activity gyms, and more.
    — Kimberly Zapata, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The snakes can, however, lose their rattles or simply decide not to use them.
    — Don Sweeney april 21, Sacbee.com, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The snakes can, however, lose their rattles or simply decide not to use them.
    — Brianna Taylor, Sacbee.com, 12 Mar. 2026
  • No weird rattles or vibrations.
    — Adam Iscoe, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
  • To drive home the threat, Loesch's parents would sneak outside the window and rattle chains.
    — Deena Prichep, NPR, 8 Dec. 2025
  • Give the baby a dose of big-city adventure with a rattle that looks like a vintage taxicab.
    — Good Housekeeping, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Rattlesnakes can be recognized by the distinct sound their rattles make.
    — Don Sweeney april 21, Sacbee.com, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Rattlesnakes can be recognized by the distinct sound their rattles make.
    — Brianna Taylor, Sacbee.com, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Safe for ages 3 months and up, the rattle is made of BPA-free plastic.
    — Maya Polton, Parents, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Her hands are large and expressive, and her hearty laugh has a telltale rattle, a souvenir from her years as a smoker.
    — Emily Bobrow, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2019
  • Silver engraving, masks, totem poles, rattles, prints.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Dancers shook leg rattles and women in white skirts and lavender coats twirled and sashayed up the street, the paint on their faces smeared and runny from the rain.
    — Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2019
  • Morrison passed away in 2019, but her words echoed with a prescient rattle this week.
    — Jane Greenway Carr, CNN, 22 May 2022
  • Inside the lure there’s a special rattle chamber that emits a unique sound that vibrates and resonates through the water.
    — Mark Modoski, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
  • But stopping the clap of Thunder and rattle of Spurs calls for something special.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 10 Apr. 2026

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