crackling
Example Sentences
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The delegation from the U.K. fled their pavilion, abandoning coffee and snacks after a hole appeared in the tent roof, lightning crackling in the sky.
The energy crackling at the edges dissipates, leaving the faint smell of gasoline.
From Literature
Only then, with the captain well fed and drowsy by the crackling fire, did Madame Babushkinov casually mention that there had been news, such wonderful news, nothing short of a miracle!
From Literature
Gibbs drove out, with the fires lighting the way and the crackling of the radio keeping him updated.
From Los Angeles Times
These include a recipe for crackling bread that begins, “First, catch your pig.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
