The concrete building from which the sounds emanate shakes from the impact, rattling the colorful houses on the dirt roads nearby.
Most likely Galt heard Willie Anschutz rattling the bathroom door, a disruption that doubtless would have tried his concentration.
Kamel has a long history of raising uncomfortable subjects and rattling the authorities.
He speaks in broken sentences, punctuated by the sound of rattling and tribal drums.
Jeff Zucker blew up CNN on Tuesday, rattling nerves throughout the network.
The rattling of chains was heard as the horses turned their heads.
There was a rattling in his throat, and every now and again he gave a choking sob.
The rattling sound of the rude applause was once more heard.
Suddenly the rattling in Nejdanov's throat ceased and he stirred a little.
Besides being a rattling good old-fashioned tale of horror, it attempts a new-fashioned scientific explanation.
c.1300 (intransitive), "To make a quick sharp noise with frequent repetitions and collisions of bodies not very sonorous: when bodies are sonorous, it is called jingling" [Johnson]. Perhaps in Old English but not recorded; if not, from Middle Dutch ratelen, probably of imitative origin (cf. German rasseln "to rattle," Greek kradao "I rattle"). Sense of "utter smartly and rapidly" is late 14c. Meaning "to go along loosely and noisily" is from 1550s. Transitive sense is late 14c.; figurative sense of "fluster" is first recorded 1869. Related: Rattled; rattling.
c.1500, "rapid succession of short, sharp sounds," from rattle (v.). As a child's toy, recorded from 1510s. As a sound made in the throat (especially of one near death) from 1752.
Good; great: a rattling party (1690+)
Very; extremely: a rattling good story (1829+)