How to Use rat in a Sentence

rat

noun
Definition of ratnext
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  • I can't believe that rat turned us in to the police!
  • Every night he goes to work out with the other gym rats.
  • No one understands why she's with a rat like him.
  • For her, yes, the noise, yes, the dirt, yes, the heat—whoops, a rat!
    — D. T. Max, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Some say they were first brought in to take out the rats.
    — Jack Nicas, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2023
  • VanDam hopes the craze fades, the crowds ebb and the rat hole can stay.
    — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2024
  • That way, the rat has to work at getting the nut, which will trigger the trap.
    — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Not a gym rat but want to burn off the late-night snacks and buffet bites?
    — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The human cells wound up making up one-sixth of the rats' brains.
    — Harold Maass, The Week, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Not just a rat, but a New York City rat, so a special kind of breed.
    — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Oh, to be a fly on that wall (or, more likely, a rat on that NYC street).
    — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 17 Sep. 2023
  • The report said that for three to four weeks there were rats in the locker room and the hampers.
    — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2023
  • The final scene in the movie shows the doctor injecting the man's blood into a rat.
    — Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 19 July 2023
  • The skeleton of the rat that your cat dragged into the living room and killed on your carpet last night.
    — Francesca Carington, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2023
  • The rat reached the Jade Emperor first, the ox second, and the cat never made it to the Jade Emperor.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2023
  • Prop up each rat by slipping the U-bracket over a plant stake pushed into the ground.
    — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Bags of flour and rice covered in what appeared to be rat feces, urine and bite marks.
    — Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2023
  • The rats were trained to press a button that triggered a camera attached to their cage.
    — Issy Ronald, CNN, 29 Jan. 2024
  • The house was a dream aside from the overstuffed marsh rats that scurried across the basement floor morning, noon, and night.
    — Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Clientele were desert rats, young and old, some long-haired and scruffy, some clean-shaven with cowboy hats.
    — Rosecrans Baldwin, Travel + Leisure, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The crowd was even louder and threw rats when Tkachuk scored his biggest goal of many during this run to tie it.
    — Stephen Whyno, ajc, 9 June 2023
  • The plane was grounded for three days in the Sri Lankan capital while the aircraft was sprayed with rat poison.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 28 Feb. 2024
  • He was brought to Downing Street in 2011, at the age of four, and tasked with controlling rats that had been seen at the residence.
    — Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 23 Feb. 2023
  • More rats were lured out of hiding in the dashboard, seating and lining of the vehicle.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2023
  • But the rat itself was surely born here, in the Valley, begotten of that species of teenagers caroming through the malls in flocks and packs.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2024
  • SoCal can expect more birds, rabbits, rats and snakes in a wildlife surge after the record rain.
    — Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Staff members were able to capture 23 adult rats and seven babies (known as pinkies) on the first day.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2023
  • The firing patterns of place cells repeat about eight times per second in rats, forming what is called the theta rhythm.
    — Ingrid Wickelgren, Scientific American, 8 June 2023
  • Before becoming a rink rat, Bertuzzi learned to skate on rollerblades in his basement.
    — Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 10 May 2023
  • Bug fragments and rat hair in your peanut butter and jelly sandwich?
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2024

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