[
UK
/ɹˈætəld/
]
[ US /ˈɹætəɫd/ ]
[ US /ˈɹætəɫd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- thrown into a state of agitated confusion; (`rattled' is an informal term)
How To Use rattled In A Sentence
- She gave me a cheerful grin and rattled off her past employers, accompanied by a brief biodata, both seemingly satisfying.
- A dear little announcerette rattled off expert intros to various gymnastic jingles, one of which featured dogs barking in the background.
- He gently rattled the cage and whispered to the canary.
- Who rattled your cage?
- They have rattled the narcos, impeding some trafficking routes and increasing weapons seizures.
- It was built on the track of an elephant trail and it was so rough that it rattled our bones and sent the radio antenna into a series of harmonic wobbles.
- My faith, the very name begets a towering conceit wherever it goes," he answered, and he brought his stick down on the floor with such vehemence that the emerald and ruby rings rattled on his shrunken fingers. The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker
- He waved the man off dismissively and we all watched as his car clunked and rattled its way out of the parking lot.
- At the same time three muskets were discharged; and while one ball rattled against the corslet of proof, to the strength of which our valiant Captain had been more than once indebted for his life, another penetrated the armour which covered the front of his left thigh, and stretched him on the ground. A Legend of Montrose
- I rattled and sang to detoxify the current of anger the anti-abortion marchers projected.