In the rat-tat-tat of nightly machine-gun fire, people are beginning to hear the government's death knell. |
The household was roused this morning by a rat-tat-tat on the door. |
They sat there in complete silence, save for the consistent rat-tat-tat of Gabe's leg knocking over and over against the hard metal of the chair. |
I would be absorbed in the study of maps and geographies when a thundering rat-tat-tat would make me start from my seat, and, lo! |
In-depth analysis gets mowed down by the rat-tat-tat of one-liners. |
At other times, the rat-tat-tat rhythm gave way to awkwardly long lags. |