How to Use rattler in a Sentence

rattler

noun
  • The rattler made a bee line for the woods.
    — Dr. C. E. Kuschel, Outdoor Life, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Cut a thin strip of dough and wrap around the foil (this will be the rattler).
    — Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 27 July 2023
  • That was all the rattler needed.
    — Dr. C. E. Kuschel, Outdoor Life, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Urban said when asked how many timber rattlers there could be in the state.
    — Jason Nark, Philly.com, 20 June 2018
  • Just look at all those seeds in this kangaroo rat that could be saved by the right rattler!
    — Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 9 Feb. 2018
  • Bossche says the encounter with the rattler hasn't scared her off the trails for good.
    — Jasmine Viel, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Cameron said the crew continued the work, but the up-close look at the rattler thrilled her.
    — Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2021
  • Wildlife experts said the snake is a timber rattler, which is venomous.
    — Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 21 June 2018
  • Judon is a terror off the edge and Bentley is a teeth-rattler inside.
    — Jim McBride, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Hanna explored the grounds outside, soon ending up in front of the first rattler.
    — Jim Carlton, WSJ, 16 Aug. 2022
  • The four-and-a-half foot reptile, its rattler removed to keep it quiet, dropped to the floor and recoiled.
    — Hillel Aron, Los Angeles Magazine, 23 Apr. 2018
  • Dozens of rattlers have already been sighted this year, and the numbers have spiked in April the last two years.
    — Robert Krier, sandiegouniontribune.com, 3 Apr. 2018
  • The Skwish is a wooden rattler and teether in one, and lets babies squish and shake to their heart’s content.
    — Megan Stein, Country Living, 15 Jan. 2019
  • Timber rattlers come in a variety of colors, often called light phase and dark phase.
    — Jason Nark, Philly.com, 20 June 2018
  • Signs reminded us to watch for desert snakes, including rattlers.
    — Charles Fleming, star-telegram, 19 June 2017
  • This trunk rattler wants to rip your brain through the space-time continuum onto a dance floor of true freedom.
    — Katie Bain, Billboard, 26 July 2019
  • There’s a landscape in lovely violets and purples with a rattler or two.
    — Dianne Solis, Dallas News, 23 Oct. 2020
  • Given the numbers of rattlers in the wild, encounters are inevitable (read about one here).
    — Graham Averill, Outside Online, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Local rattlers are pretty docile and don't like conflict, Recchio said.
    — Mary Forgione, latimes.com, 7 June 2019
  • Laura Kipnis likes to be a cage rattler, a fly in the ointment, a poker of hornet’s nests.
    — Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com, 14 Feb. 2022
  • This past week, the same tragic fate befell a golfer in South Dakota who was bitten by a rattler.
    — Shannon Tompkins, Houston Chronicle, 13 June 2018
  • One day, state law enforcement officers showed up at his home and seized more than a dozen of his rattlers, plus other reptiles.
    — Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Wednesday's rattler ranked as the fifth most powerful earthquake to occur in Texas.
    — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Love for the rattler was hard fought in Pennsylvania, Urban said.
    — Jason Nark, Philly.com, 20 June 2018
  • In truth, though, Keem doesn’t need him, centering the trunk-rattler around his own engaging persona.
    — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 29 Dec. 2021
  • Not a rattler, but a baby boa constrictor (named Little Bitch).
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 25 May 2026
  • As the study continues, researchers will walk the park using a transmitter to locate the rattlers.
    — Danika Worthington, The Denver Post, 19 June 2017
  • Then, a pair of deer appeared in our clearing, their serene pose banishing any thought of rattlers — and Benjamin grinned once more.
    — Atlanta Travel, ajc, 4 Apr. 2017
  • And 1,300 kids get bitten every year, about half by rattlers, with copperhead bites on the rise.
    — Rachel Levin, Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
  • Almost every post-hunt recounting of a spring turkey hunting trip includes a recitation of rattlers seen or not seen.
    — Shannon Tompkins, Houston Chronicle, 8 Apr. 2018

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