hiss
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So ginger ale and tonic water became sick-day staples in our home, a bottle uncapped with a satisfying carbonated hiss if someone had a fever.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
The theater reopened this past weekend with “The Great Bank Robbery,” a 30-minute-plus show in which audiences are encouraged to boo, hiss and swoon over the characters, a Bird Cage tradition since 1954.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026
Play Under The Rain or Breathe Again and you'll hear a telltale hiss running throughout the tracks.
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2026
A symphonic mix of an espresso machine’s hiss, a ravenous juicer’s whir and ebullient Spanish welcomed me at my new favorite, Las Olas Cafe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025
“Hands in the air,” Whitby said, his voice as soft as the hiss of an adder.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
As the helium hisses out, the volunteers flatten the plastic skin, tucking in Snoopy’s ears or SpongeBob’s nose to prepare for the final roll.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025
When Guillermo appears, Nandor hisses, “You are the enemy.”
From Salon ● Nov. 11, 2024
Despite a few more eh-whatever feedback hisses than there should have been during the first half of the band’s set, Climate Pledge Arena has literally never sounded better than it did Tuesday.
From Seattle Times ● May 29, 2024
The only sounds definitively recorded from adult female ostriches were hisses.
From Science Daily ● May 23, 2024
Roger hisses at me as we make our way to our seats.
From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass
At the bank's annual general meeting that year, normally sedate elderly shareholders hissed and booed.
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2026
The couple was on call for a small but fast-growing rodent who hissed when annoyed and cried when lonely:
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
The fat hissed in greeting, and within seconds the kitchen was filled with oregano’s scent.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2025
At the Hollywood Bowl, we hissed at the Baroness, booed at the Nazis and shot off confetti poppers when Maria got her first kiss.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2024
Heavy hailstones hissed into the grass and squelched into the mud and clanged off our robot.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
But one of the earliest signs may be something unexpected: a persistent ringing, buzzing, or hissing sound that no one else can hear.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 10, 2026
The cistern on my toilet has been constantly refilling and making a hissing noise, so I asked a plumbing company to send someone over.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 2026
They found Madagascar "hissing" cockroaches, a bulky insect named for its noisy defence mechanism, and dubia cockroaches, an invasive critter bred as a snack for pet lizards.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
"If you are found to possess, breed or trade exotic cockroaches such as dubia cockroaches and Madagascar hissing cockroaches they will be seized and you could face penalties under federal law."
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
It pulled past the depot a little way and, with steam hissing and brakes squeaking, it stopped.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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