patter across
Frequency: 6.50.4 per million words
Indicates movement from one side of a surface to the other, e.g., across a floor.
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Examples (10)
- Footsteps pattered across the floor.
- The child pattered across the landing in her pajamas.
- Tiny feet pattered across the ceiling, suggesting mice in the attic.
- I watched the puppy patter across the wet grass.
- Bare feet pattered across the cold tiles of the bathroom.
- A squirrel pattered across the porch and disappeared.
- The sound of rain pattering across the tin roof was relaxing.
- She pattered across the room to give her father a hug.
- Ghostly footsteps were heard to patter across the hallway at night.
- Mice pattered across the wooden beams above our heads.