crackle
Example Sentences
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Affectionate fans venerate the dialogue’s electric crackle and the cast’s peerless comedic timing.
From Salon • Jan. 31, 2026
Suddenly the space between Thompson and DaCosta seems to crackle with an interplay of creative energy, as if the sharing of ideas generates its own palpable discharge.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2025
The crackle at the heel was enough to draw me in.
From Salon • Sep. 14, 2025
Our camera's electronic shutter froze shut and our hair started to crackle as it turned icy.
From BBC • Jul. 17, 2025
The word had an electric crackle to it; saying it aloud produced the same feeling you got when you grabbed a snake in your bare hands.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.