The television is making a hissing noise.
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Hissing
//ˈhɪsɪŋ//
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13 total sentences available.
He rushed up through the blinding smoke and hissing flames, till he reached the children.
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The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to procure the largest quantity of feathers with the least possible amount of hissing.
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The audience is booing and hissing.
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