rattle through
phrasal verb
rattled through; rattling through; rattles through
British
: to do (something) quickly
We rattled through the meeting.
Examples of rattle through in a Sentence
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The astrologer cleared his throat, and the sound rattled through Dev.
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Kanak Kapur, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025
As coach Brian Daboll rattled through the list of first-round busts over the past 10 years, general manager Joe Schoen asked for the takeaway from the review.
—Dan Duggan, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
From each wonderfully robust power-up, the haptic feedback that rattles through the controller, and the eye-popping graphics which gleam and sparkle like a treasure box filled with jewels, Astro Bot is a pleasure-tickler of the highest order.
—Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
While attending Morgan College in 1915, Robert Earl Johnson would stretch his legs by chasing the trolleys that rattled through the streets of West Baltimore.
—Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2024
But in late 2019, earthquakes began rattling through the central peninsula.
—Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Feb. 2024
The aircraft's windshield was a sheet of pure gray, with visibility nearly zero as the NASA P-3 rattled through a snowstorm at 15,000 feet.
—Susan Cosier, Scientific American, 19 Dec. 2023
The drum line stood beneath a canopy of trees and rattled through rolls of sextuplets, with reddened shoulders glistening.
—Emily Cochrane, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2023
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Kanak Kapur, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025
As coach Brian Daboll rattled through the list of first-round busts over the past 10 years, general manager Joe Schoen asked for the takeaway from the review.
—Dan Duggan, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
From each wonderfully robust power-up, the haptic feedback that rattles through the controller, and the eye-popping graphics which gleam and sparkle like a treasure box filled with jewels, Astro Bot is a pleasure-tickler of the highest order.
—Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
While attending Morgan College in 1915, Robert Earl Johnson would stretch his legs by chasing the trolleys that rattled through the streets of West Baltimore.
—Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2024
But in late 2019, earthquakes began rattling through the central peninsula.
—Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Feb. 2024
The aircraft's windshield was a sheet of pure gray, with visibility nearly zero as the NASA P-3 rattled through a snowstorm at 15,000 feet.
—Susan Cosier, Scientific American, 19 Dec. 2023
The drum line stood beneath a canopy of trees and rattled through rolls of sextuplets, with reddened shoulders glistening.
—Emily Cochrane, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2023
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“Rattle through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rattle%20through. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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