pat-pat

• “There is enough pause time for me to hear the pat-pat of our sneakers on the marble floor.”

  Simon & Schuster: Angry Young Man

• “First my right hand, then my left hand, going pat-pat out in the dark.”

  Fictionaut: The Boy in the Sandwich

• “He puts his hand on my leg, pat-pat the way grown-ups do.”

  Simon & Schuster: Still Waters

• “Faithfully for a week he poured over the intricacies of c-a-t and d-o-g, but never once did he catch a glimpse of the bright eyes of Li Choi nor hear the pat-pat of her entrancing little feet.”

  The Conversion of Ah Lew Sing

• “He had not gone more than a dozen steps, before he heard the soft pat-pat behind him, and on looking back could see nothing but the waving grass to indicate the whereabouts of his erstwhile assailant.”

  The Broncho Rider Boys with Funston at Vera Cruz Or, Upholding the Honor of the Stars and Stripes

• “Almost immediately he was aware of a soft pat-pat in his rear.”

  The Broncho Rider Boys with Funston at Vera Cruz Or, Upholding the Honor of the Stars and Stripes

• “He had just turned to retrace his steps, on one such occasion, when his ears caught the soft pat-pat of a footfall on the ground above.”

  Hidden Gold

• “I often hear a pat-pat on the step, and in comes Philip, nodding his head from side to side, and lights on my shoulder, for me to give him his dinner.”

  Harper's Young People, March 30, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly

• “They could hear the soft pat-pat of padded feet in the hall.”

  The Cat in Grandfather's House

• “_They could hear the soft pat-pat of padded feet in the hall. _”

  The Cat in Grandfather's House

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