How to Use rattler in a Sentence

rattler

noun

• Cameron said the crew continued the work, but the up-close look at the rattler thrilled her.
  — Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2021
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Urban said when asked how many timber rattlers there could be in the state.
  — Jason Nark, Philly.com, 20 June 2018
• 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
• Judon is a terror off the edge and Bentley is a teeth-rattler inside.
  — Jim McBride, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2022
• That’s changed, and Beck hopes his efforts to introduce schoolkids, scout troops and civic clubs to the state’s sole rattler species have helped.
  — Sandi Doughton, The Seattle Times, 5 June 2017
• Hanna explored the grounds outside, soon ending up in front of the first rattler.
  — Jim Carlton, WSJ, 16 Aug. 2022
• Wildlife experts said the snake is a timber rattler, which is venomous.
  — Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 21 June 2018
• 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
• Over at Burnt Rancheria there haven’t been any recent snake bites but 10 rattlers were removed by rangers last year and four more this year.
  — J. Harry Jones, sandiegouniontribune.com, 5 Aug. 2017
• 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
• Given the numbers of rattlers in the wild, encounters are inevitable (read about one here).
  — Graham Averill, Outside Online, 28 Mar. 2023
• And 1,300 kids get bitten every year, about half by rattlers, with copperhead bites on the rise.
  — Rachel Levin, Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
• This is rattlesnake season, and San Diego County is home to four species of rattlers that can ruin your day.
  — Ernie Cowan, sandiegouniontribune.com, 9 June 2018
• 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
• Pygmy rattlesnake From the biggest rattler in Alabama to the smallest.
  — Dennis Pillion | [e-mail], al, 1 Aug. 2022
• The story was correct in the larger part, but the reptile, a large one, turned out to be a bull snake instead of the deadly rattler as reported.
  — Kitty Conley, Post-Tribune, 14 Aug. 2017
• It’s only been identified as a species separate from the Western rattler in the last 15 years.
  — Anna Webb, idahostatesman, 29 May 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
• Love for the rattler was hard fought in Pennsylvania, Urban said.
  — Jason Nark, Philly.com, 20 June 2018
• As the study continues, researchers will walk the park using a transmitter to locate the rattlers.
  — Danika Worthington, The Denver Post, 19 June 2017
• Rattlers running back Darrell Monroe ran for 80 yards and scored five touchdowns in the contest.
  — Tim Balk, SI.com, 19 May 2017
• Earthquakes count as California culture, and yikes, the San Jose area got a rattler.
  — Rosanna Xiastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2022
• The mountain preachers who will pick up cottonmouths and rattlers and sway around the altar just daring God to let one of those serpents strike.
  — Joseph Gerth, The Courier-Journal, 10 Apr. 2020
• Timber rattlers come in a variety of colors, often called light phase and dark phase.
  — 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
• In the case of the rattler, memory then kicks in the information that rattlesnakes are poisonous and what the consequences of a rattlesnake bite are.
  — Michael S Gazzaniga, Discover Magazine, 29 Feb. 2012
• There’s a landscape in lovely violets and purples with a rattler or two.
  — Dianne Solis, Dallas News, 23 Oct. 2020

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024