crackle

Example Sentences

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Hearing the crackle of a small flame — that slightly charred, earthy smell — while a slab of pork fat pops in the cooking kettle, slowly melting down as the base for tonight’s sauce.

From Salon

But there was no sound except the hot, dry wind and the distant pop and crackle of fire.

From Literature

The show, a touring tutorial he created and performs solo, allows Page the opportunity to animate with barnstorming crackle a rogue’s gallery of Shakespearean scoundrels.

From Los Angeles Times

Another bushfire near the small town of Walwa crackled with lightning as it radiated enough heat to form a localised thunderstorm.

From Barron's

One authority reported that a "crackly phone line" had been used as a reason for an immediate permit - even though it had been known about for weeks.

From BBC