crackling
Example Sentences
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Over the radio, Bing Crosby is crooning, Bob Hope is joking, and news of the war — against Hitler, against Japan — keeps sizzling and crackling across the dial.
From Los Angeles Times
Mr. Ireland writes crackling, funny dialogue that gradually exposes greater rifts.
I felt it like the crackling static of a wireless.
From Literature
A crackling on the line: The American was back, panting, out of breath.
From Literature
A firefighter picking up hoses on Jan. 2 found crackling, red-hot coals in the dirt and warned colleagues that a more thorough mop-up was needed.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
