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

In fact, a sub-periosteal fracture may exist for several days or a week or more and then, with subsequent fracture of the periosteum, crepitation and abnormal mobility of the member are to be recognized.

From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor

His rough, spatulate thumb rasped along it, drawing from it the crepitation that proves an acute edge.

From The Second Class Passenger Fifteen Stories by Gibbon, Perceval

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