crackling

Example Sentences

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In between shoots, she drank tea made from boiled snow and pine needles, and warmed her feet by a crackling fire.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

But amid all that crackling electricity, everything around Marty begins to blur.

From Salon • Dec. 25, 2025

On a crackling night in Glasgow, substitute Kieran Tierney found the net from outside the box to restore the home side's lead in the 93rd minute.

From Barron's • Nov. 18, 2025

Gibbs drove out, with the fires lighting the way and the crackling of the radio keeping him updated.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2025

Crisp, striking, vivid, you couldn’t miss her—a bull’s-eye in the room, a crackling flame.

From "Monday's Not Coming" by Tiffany D. Jackson