Crackle

//ˈkɹækəl//

"Crackle" in a Sentence (12 examples)

He spake, and nearer through the city came / the roar, the crackle and the fiery glow / of conflagration, rolling floods of flame.

His thick fingers crackle across a large packet containing empty purple sachets labeled alcohol swabs, used syringes and a plastic sheath that a few minutes ago contained lactate solution.

I heard a crackle from the frying pan as I was frying bacon.

There was an annoying crackle during the phone call, due to poor connection.

Then a superincumbent bundle rolled down, with a whisking noise, flames elongated, and bent themselves about with a quiet roar, but no crackle.

The best clothes which every one put on helped the general effect; it seemed that no lady could sit down without bending a clean starched petticoat, and no gentleman could breathe without a sudden crackle from a stiff shirt-front.

The Chinese attach great value to their crackle, which, though it looks like damaged glaze, is produced by art; […].

By the look on my face I must have anticipated the joy of the crackle, apparently having come to look forward to the roast pig that appeared only at gatherings such as this. I bet I asked for another piece once I was done.

a crackling fire

the unknown ice that crackles underneath them

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He felt the stress and strain of life, its fevers and sweats and wild insurgences—surely this was the stuff to write about! He wanted to glorify the leaders of forlorn hopes, the mad lovers, the giants that fought under stress and strain, amid terror and tragedy, making life crackle with the strength of their endeavor.

The last scenes of the film crackle with repressed sexual energy.

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