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Meanings of rale in English

A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders)

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        Examples for "rattle"
        Examples for "rattle"
        1
        The sharp rattle of the mowing-machine disturbs the corncrake in the meadow.
        The Life of the Fields
        2
        I'll rattle out the entire list, though, in case you use everything.
        The Irish Times
        3
        Twenty million people rattle around this enormous continent with potential and optimism.
        The Guardian
        4
        Those turn out to be more efficient ways to rattle a democracy.
        Wired
        5
        The spread of the virus continued to rattle markets across the region.
        Reuters
        1
        This went on for several minutes, North rattling off dozens of words.
        John Dies at the End
        2
        Father Fauchelevent was rattling in the throat in the most lamentable manner.
        Les Misérables
        3
        The only reply came from the prisoners: more hysteria, more cage rattling.
        Complete Books of Blood
        4
        Since then there has been major sabre-rattling by the Chinese armed forces.
        The Irish Times
        5
        Jimmy Greaves from Spurs, we used to give him a good rattling.
        The Guardian
        Usage of rale in English
        1
        They proudly liberated Poland, Finland and the Baltic countries from Russia's rale.
        The God That Failed
        2
        How illegant it would be now if he could spake rale Oirish.
        The Boy Land Boomer; Or, Dick Arbuckle's Adventures in Oklahoma
        3
        I dunno whether the feller's a circuit-rider er a rale preacher.
        Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885
        4
        A rale pleasant fellow I tak' him to be, lord or no lord.
        Penny Plain
        5
        I can't say I had any rale, realizing sense of sight that day.
        Sight to the Blind
        6
        He's not a rale gentleman, word and deed, like Jonathan Pym.
        The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland
        7
        Oh, a rale little bit of a thing, not as big as Lizer!
        My Brilliant Career
        8
        Thof he's such a friend at a pinch, he's a rale mon of business.
        Lucretia — Volume 03
        9
        Can't ye tell a rale gintleman from a snaking blackguard?
        The Gold Hunters' Adventures; Or, Life in Australia
        10
        I got a rale good grade in a remnant in town yesterday at a bargain.
        The Desired Woman
        11
        This is a rale purty girl, this oldest one.
        Sowing Seeds in Danny
        12
        Hit takes a powerful sight o' bread an' milk ter do when one's rale hongry.
        The Red Acorn
        13
        Yes, the rale words she said when I handed her the billy-dux was, 'Very well, James.'
        The Best American Humorous Short Stories
        14
        An' it's the rale thing, I'll tell ye.
        A Daughter of the Snows
        15
        Oi mane yer rale name-th 'wholeav ut?
        The Promise / A Tale of the Great Northwest
        16
        We want the rale thing, and, be ged!
        The Firm of Girdlestone
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