The Irish were thoroughly rattled and vulnerable to their second consecutive loss at home for the first time in 12 years.

Even the names were ominous-makaar, cold-drakes, basilisks.... Perhaps some of those stories, which had thoroughly rattled his scholars, had leaked out to the men.

They were not sure what they would see after the Knicks had been so thoroughly rattled by the Raptors and the Cavaliers at the end of last week.

Thoroughly rattled by this justification of his faith in Jamie's word, MacBeth snatched down his kilts the instant I was finished, lurched to his feet, and staggered away into the darkness, leaving me giggling over my kit.

Thoroughly rattled though he was, Nog knew he had to act quickly.

Looking thoroughly rattled, he put the spoon in his coffee cup and stirred mechanically.

"And the powers that-be have been thoroughly rattled by my father's letter to The Times'?"

I sat up, feeling thoroughly rattled.

But they were thoroughly rattled by the company's somewhat vague explanation of why recent A.C. Neilsen Company subscriber tallies seemed to conflict with the company's numbers.