We hid under the blanket when we heard the wind rattle the windows. From LearnThat.org.
The death rattle. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
A few minutes later automatic weapons rattle from the study. From Wordnik.com. [zornhau: Kurtzhau and the Fallen Crusaders] Reference
McCain rattle's off can't unite the party DEMOCRATS WILL win. From Wordnik.com. [McCain:] Reference
The best time to rattle is late Oct thru mid Nov, I've found. From Wordnik.com. [Teach me how to rattle in bucks please! What are the tips? It seems everytime I try they run out of the county.] Reference
I call rattle Snake mountain. not one tree on either Side to day. From Wordnik.com. [The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806] Reference
The whole of lower half of the fore quarter is often called the rattle-ran. From Wordnik.com. [Miss Parloa's New Cook Book] Reference
The rattle is fairly quiet, too, and can only be heard from a few feet away. From Wordnik.com. [Man Sues Walmart After Being Bitten By Snake, But Keeps Going Back For The Deals - The Consumerist] Reference
''Tis only one o' them tin Turkish rattle-traps, 'said Bill with a pitying air. From Wordnik.com. [On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles] Reference
The best time to rattle is the few days before does start becoming receptive to bucks. From Wordnik.com. [Antler Rattling Tips: How to Call In Big Bucks During The Rut] Reference
Sickness was rife while we were snowbound, especially the squirts and a deep cough we called the rattle. From Wordnik.com. [Wildfire] Reference
"How much did you put in, dear?" asked Mrs. Fenelby, as she heard the coin rattle down among its fellows. From Wordnik.com. [The Cheerful Smugglers] Reference
Much like the lead weight hitting glass balls or some Texas rigged worms or rattles in rattle traps, sound gets attention. From Wordnik.com. [when i was watching larry csonka last night i noticed while reeling in fish he would hit a metal tin against his reel, he did it] Reference
I just let the idea rattle around in my brain and slowly accrete detail. From Wordnik.com. [Writing: The Knuckleball] Reference
The word rattle comes in frequently as a convenient rhyme, 'D"Alembord smiled. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Regiment]
There is a known issue with sunroof rattle, which is covered under the warranty. From Wordnik.com. [Epinions Recent Content for Home] Reference
The rattle is a collection of bones, formed something like the backbone of a human being. From Wordnik.com. [Dick Onslow Among the Redskins] Reference
Heard the sword rattle as it fell off his shoulder and hit the table edge, then the floor. From Wordnik.com. [The Dragons at War]
The rattle is a toy suited to the infant mind, and education is a rattle or toy for children of a larger growth. From Wordnik.com. [Politics] Reference
"A new toy, Pelham," said he, faintly smiling; "but a little longer, and they will all be broken -- the rattle will be the last.". From Wordnik.com. [Pelham — Complete] Reference
Most of the participants at the festival know the familiar sound of the music -- the rattle, which is the reminder of slave chains. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 8, 2006] Reference
We ordered him the first day to buy nothing but rattles, because the rattle is the first toy that attracts the attention of the child. From Wordnik.com. [The Chinese Boy and Girl] Reference
Page 247 or bunch of berries, which when ripe on being shook, makes a dry shattering noise, and from this fact it is called rattle-weed. From Wordnik.com. [The Cherokee Physician, or Indian Guide to Health, as Given by Richard Foreman, a Cherokee Doctor; Comprising a Brief View of Anatomy, With General Rules for Preserving Health without the Use of Medicines. The Diseases of the U. States, with Their Symptoms, Causes, and Means of Prevention, are Treated on in a Satisfactory Manner. It Also Contains a Description of a Variety of Herbs and Roots, Many of which are not Explained in Any Other Book, and their Medical Virtues have Hitherto been Unknown to the Whites; To which is Added a Short Dispensatory.] Reference
The money-pig was stuffed so full that it could no longer rattle, which is the highest state of perfection to which a money-pig can attain. From Wordnik.com. [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen] Reference
ANALISA: It looked like some kind of rattle or something?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 14, 2010] Reference
He was rattling some kind of rattle as he chanted and shuffled. From Wordnik.com. [The Berrybender Narratives] Reference
It slithers backwards into a cranny, its "rattle" making only a high-pitched whine. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
I chose the copy which had the smallest "rattle" to it. From Wordnik.com. [Amazon.com Gold Box Deals] Reference
The overall goal, said the memo, is to "rattle" the elected official. From Wordnik.com. [Later On] Reference
I found near our camp some plants of that kind of rattle-snake root, called star-grass. From Wordnik.com. [The Westover Manuscripts: Containing the History of the Dividing Line Betwixt Virginia and North Carolina; A Journey to the Land of Eden, A. D. 1733; and A Progress to the Mines. Written from 1728 to 1736, and Now First Published] Reference
Mr. Rockefeller is very nervous, and I must confess to feeling a bit of 'rattle' myself. From Wordnik.com. [Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated] Reference
Shooter's etiquette prohibited anything that even by remote possibility might "rattle" the contestants. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Bobby Orde] Reference
He told how he always tried to "rattle" his opponent by talking to him, by pouring out in an undertone a stream of gibes, jeers, insults. From Wordnik.com. [Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise] Reference
"rattle" elected officials in favor of reforming health care. From Wordnik.com. [Later On] Reference
Could have a "secret weapon" for tomorrow's big that could "rattle" the latter & weaken them. From Wordnik.com. [Soccer Blogs - latest posts] Reference
Others want to get right under the tree and rattle the box. From Wordnik.com. [The Second Coming] Reference
"There are hard problems out there," he says, as the windows begin to rattle in his hotel bungalow. From Wordnik.com. [Microsoft's Crapshoot] Reference
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