Examples of rattler in a Sentence
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Two tendencies make the timber rattler particularly vulnerable.
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Thomas Palmer, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Timber rattlers, although big, are not the biggest rattlers.
—Thomas Palmer, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Wednesday's rattler ranked as the fifth most powerful earthquake to occur in Texas.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 8 Nov. 2023
Editor’s picks But even with that bevy of trunk rattlers on the project, Westside Gunn isn’t abandoning the Griselda base who helped popularize the label as a wellspring of traditionalist rap.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2023
There actually were 20 snakes — five adult western diamondback rattlers and 15 babies.
—CBS News, 15 Sep. 2023
Snake wrangler Marissa Maki found most of the rattlers coiled around the base of a hot water heater in the unidentified homeowner's cluttered garage Tuesday.
—CBS News, 15 Sep. 2023
Cut a thin strip of dough and wrap around the foil (this will be the rattler).
—Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 27 July 2023
Given the numbers of rattlers in the wild, encounters are inevitable (read about one here).
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 28 Mar. 2023
Thomas Palmer, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Timber rattlers, although big, are not the biggest rattlers.
—Thomas Palmer, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Wednesday's rattler ranked as the fifth most powerful earthquake to occur in Texas.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 8 Nov. 2023
Editor’s picks But even with that bevy of trunk rattlers on the project, Westside Gunn isn’t abandoning the Griselda base who helped popularize the label as a wellspring of traditionalist rap.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2023
There actually were 20 snakes — five adult western diamondback rattlers and 15 babies.
—CBS News, 15 Sep. 2023
Snake wrangler Marissa Maki found most of the rattlers coiled around the base of a hot water heater in the unidentified homeowner's cluttered garage Tuesday.
—CBS News, 15 Sep. 2023
Cut a thin strip of dough and wrap around the foil (this will be the rattler).
—Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 27 July 2023
Given the numbers of rattlers in the wild, encounters are inevitable (read about one here).
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 28 Mar. 2023
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rattler
noun
rat·tler
ˈrat-lər 
-ᵊl-ər
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