hiss
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Not a call of the wild, a roar or a hiss.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Dodgers fans generally hiss at the mention of Frank McCourt — the former owner took the team into bankruptcy, after all — but today is about tipping our cap to him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 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
Nighthand let out a hiss of shock and horror, and Christopher stared, bewildered.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
Until the most recent episode, though, Alice’s entire personality has been scowls and deprecating hisses.
From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2026
I’m particularly fond of how the Na’vi express themselves in hisses and coyote yips and exhale the foreign name Jake Sully like a sneeze.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2025
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
The only sounds definitively recorded from adult female ostriches were hisses.
From Science Daily ● May 23, 2024
"Really, this is quite out of the ordinary," she hisses.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
He was unappreciated for much of his life—even hissed at in performance—and at times gave up composing entirely.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
At the bank's annual general meeting that year, normally sedate elderly shareholders hissed and booed.
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2026
“It’s called negotiations,” Trump hissed at a reporter who asked him about it Wednesday.
From Salon ● May 29, 2025
As she touted her old man’s alleged feminist leanings—with a straight face!—the crowd giggled, hissed, and booed.
From Slate ● Jan. 31, 2024
“Stay away from my mama!” he hissed, spreading his wings.
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
He ended the exchange by holding a finger to his lip and hissing, “Shhhh!”
From Salon ● Mar. 17, 2026
“Just once,” I remember Francis hissing, through clenched teeth.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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