crackling

Example Sentences

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“There we are,” Auntie North said, dusting her hands as she stood over the crackling fire.

From Literature

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

Today the only sounds were the cawing of an occasional magpie and the dry leaves crackling underfoot as Jonathan and his golden retriever, Moose, walked along the trail.

From Literature

There’s a fireplace with a small fire crackling, and a few lamps—powered by our solar panels—throwing off a warm glow.

From Literature

And then suddenly—WHOOSH—they were out of the scalding heat, out of the roaring, crackling din of the inferno.

From Literature