crepitation

Example Sentences

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It was a deeply flavored specimen, but lacked the crepitation of those breaded in sharp shards of panko.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2022

He heard a curious trickling sound and then a louder crepitation as if someone were unwrapping great sheets of cellophane.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding

The crepitation may be soft like the friction of snow, or may resemble the creaking of new leather—“saddle-back creaking.”

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis

Nevertheless the wild clatter, the exciting crepitation of the treble, the thunderous booming of the bass, and above all the tremendous crash with which it ends, always stimulates me to fresh mental effort.

From Aliens by McFee, William

White wreathings drifted up the fields from the sullen sea; the sky was an unbroken gray deadness shedding pin-point moisture that was now and then blown against the panes with a crepitation of despair.

From The Woman in Black by Bentley, E. C. (Edmund Clerihew)