“In the distance was heard the rapid rattle of a Kalashnikov.”

“I thought I heard a rattle in the gearshift. Hank, can you look at it again?”

“He laughed, and I noticed there was a wheezy rattle in his throat.”

“Summer wildflowers include meadow-beauty, marsh pink, wild pea, and round-leaved rattlebox.”

“The park, the largest in the county system, is home to several protected plants and animals, including the rattlebox, a rare flowering plant, the wood turtle and the northern goshawk.”

“They shot up about 2 feet taller than the controls, while wiregrass, rattlebox, and butterfly weed decreased in biomass, and sand post oak experienced no change.”

“The university veterinary surgeons who frequently prepare animals for experiments gave the rattler an implant of a little plastic loop.”

“She headed out the door, past the rattler, and up the driveway to lunch with her brother.”

“Its only troublesome reptile, the rattler, stays away from the high ranges.”

“In the distance was heard the rapid rattle of a Kalashnikov.”

“I thought I heard a rattle in the gearshift. Hank, can you look at it again?”

“He laughed, and I noticed there was a wheezy rattle in his throat.”

“The rattlesnake slithered across the desert, its venomous fangs poised to strike.”

“In the southeastern US, organized rattlesnake hunts destroy gopher tortoise burrows and lead to the deaths of tortoises.”

“Pit vipers, including the fer-de-lance and Mojave rattlesnake, have only two pits, one below each eye.”

“You can find this same remarkable system in humans, albatrosses, rattlesnakes, bullfrogs, and all other land vertebrates.”

“This is the only product that can neutralize toxins from rattlesnakes, cottonmouths, and copperheads.”

“At a lot of these roundups, the handlers allow children to touch the tails of rattlesnakes.”

“Thank you for always listening to my childish secrets and stupid rattlings.”

“It had rained briefly that evening, a hard downpour that meant the rattlers would be out, having been flushed from their holes.”

“Brightly plumaged, these jays range just north of the Mexican border, in areas such as Hidalgo County, Texas, home of sizable rattlers.”

“The quail and chicks go to the indigos, cribos, gators, corn, kings, ratsnakes, copperheads, cottonmouths, Timber rattlers, and diamondbacks.”