How to Use patter in a Sentence

patter

noun

• Sense the gentle thrum of panic in your chest, and hear the patter of the drill in the street beyond.
  — Cora Frazier, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2023
• The film begins with sound: a patter of rain, a crash of thunder.
  — Geoff Bailey, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2022
• The ceaseless talking-head patter goes like this: The game has changed.
  — Dan Shaughnessy, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2022
• The same restless energy, the same quick patter, the same easy style.
  — David Treuer, The Atlantic, 1 Aug. 2022
• Rather than a large dump of rain falling on a few days, there’s been a steady pitter patter, day after day.
  — Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Aug. 2022
• The only honking is that of Canadian geese, mixed with the trill of bird calls and patter of the garden fountain.
  — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2023
• The pop star sings a jaunty melody over the breezy patter of hand drums and a reggaeton synthetic bass line.
  — Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Sep. 2022
• There’s a meme for times like these, when cool air blows and rain showers pitter patter outside.
  — Caleb Pershan, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Nov. 2022
• Something else that has worked its way into the movie-promoting patter is the plea to see films in theaters.
  — Vulture, 4 Mar. 2022
• While just a few hours earlier, the rain may have felt like an annoyance, the gentle patter of rain on the tent set a cozy backdrop for the event.
  — Rachel Besser, Vogue, 7 Feb. 2024
• In kindergarten, Imani Johnson’s friends would show off their dance moves on the playground: nimble steps and taps that made a pleasant patter on the ground.
  — Arvin Temkar, NBC News, 16 Mar. 2022
• Not that Misty was about to bring up current events in his fairly reserved stage patter Friday night.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 27 Feb. 2022
• This patter about who’s going to get up and close the shades is extremely relatable.
  — Emma Specter, Vogue, 3 Aug. 2023
• Who better to recognize the power of a little idle patter than girls?
  — Time, 13 June 2023
• Huang keeps up a semi-comic deadpan patter at all times.
  — Stephen Witt, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2023
• The pickpocket, Les S. Moore, pounded nails into his head through his nose while keeping up a steady stream of jokey patter.
  — David Hill, Harper’s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022
• But in his body — the rigidity in his jaw and neck, the nervous patter of his fidgeting hands — is anxiety.
  — Vulture, 17 Oct. 2023
• Here to brighten the darkening autumn with some bright cheery jokes and charming patter are some of the top things to do and see this week in Connecticut arts.
  — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 8 Oct. 2022
• Throughout, Jackson didn’t have much time for patter with the audience.
  — Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2023
• Walking through the forest under the soft glow of autumn leaves, the snap of twigs was replaced with the patter of raindrops and footsteps were now muted by the dampness.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2021
• Candlelight flickers against the cabin wall as rain patters against the window.
  — Samantha Laine Perfas, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Feb. 2024
• The result is a patter of hokey jokes and straightforward references to wildlife, spring flows and history.
  — Kevin Spear, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2021
• Over time, the patter became what audiences packed into nightclubs to hear.
  — Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic, 27 May 2021
• Brockmire speaks in this deep, singsongy narrative patter, even, for instance, while sitting on the toilet.
  — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2021
• But beneath the bright patter and eye-catching descriptions, each story has sadness at its core.
  — Marion Winik, Washington Post, 26 June 2022
• The Humane Society of Harford County will soon be hearing the pitter patter of lots of little paws.
  — baltimoresun.com, 30 Mar. 2021
• Zosia Radziwill, a 32-year-old Polish volunteer who has become a fast friend, offered a distraction of quick, bright patter when the bill came to a bit more than that.
  — Laura Kingstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2022
• As the clock drops below the minute-mark, the patter of little avatar feet increases, as does my level of anticipation.
  — Kayti Burt, refinery29.com, 23 June 2022
• Neither do the Dolphins, no matter their public patter.
  — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 14 Aug. 2021
• This product is available in a range of patters and colors, but to really deck out your campsite, grab one of their Mystic Moon Phase towels, too.
  — Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 19 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024