Sentence examples similar to a rapid pat from inspiring English sources

If you do need to touch your dog, do it in long slow strokes down the body, no rapid pats.

Fidrych worked at a rapid pace.

As shown in Figure 5a, PAT caused a rapid increase in ROS levels and a significant change was detected as early as 6 h exposure.

I was a "Rapid" fan.

Bring to a rapid simmer.

A rapid pulse and fever can occur.

Bring the water to a rapid boil.

If some of the solutions that give rise to a happy ending seem a little rapid and a little pat, that's in part because it's a movie that could happily spin out variations ad infinitum, and in part because that's what happy endings are.

After slight maneuvering to avoid a "widow-maker" (midstream boulder), I gave myself a mental pat on the back and prepared to ride out the rapid.

A pat here, a quiet word there.

With a cow pat?