Rattling

Everything on top of the table started rattling when the earthquake hit.

Tom is rattling his saber.

When you speak of the Devil, you can hear the rattling of his bones.

It was too bad that we had to take the subway home after the concert, because the underground rattling and roaring destroyed almost all of our musical impressions.

It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents — except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness.

'Tis a fearful thing in winter To be shattered by the blast, And to hear the rattling trumpet Thunder, "Cut away the mast!"

Clouds the darkened heavens have drowned, / and snatched the daylight from the Trojans' eyes. / Black night broods on the waters; all around / from pole to pole the rattling peals resound / and frequent flashes light the lurid air. / All nature, big with instant ruin, frowned / destruction.

A minute later we were all seated in a comfortable landau, and were rattling through the quaint old Devonshire city.

The wind was blowing so hard that the windowpanes were rattling.

Yanni heard the windows rattling in the kitchen.