crackle
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Season 2, which is still superior television, lacks some of the crackle of season 1.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
The beeping of damaged cars and the crackle of downed electrical wires echoed through streets that were otherwise eerily quiet.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026
When he sat up, he heard the skin on his stomach crackle.
From Slate ● May 13, 2026
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 ● Jan. 24, 2026
Authorities lit the ship on fire and watched her crackle and sink.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
From their first meeting, the air between them crackles with . . . something.
From Salon ● Dec. 26, 2025
Rampling crackles as a matriarch who can sniff out her kids’ lies and insecurities but has the good manners not to say anything.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 24, 2025
Everyone laughs and a few people nod knowingly as pops and crackles erupt from all over the room.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2025
There is no doubt the US-China relationship has improved in recent years, but it is a relationship that still crackles with tension and suspicion.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2024
The judge's voice crackles over the JumboTrons' loudspeakers, but the people continue to shout, and soldiers push back against them.
From "Legend" by Marie Lu
He crackled with the energy of someone who had nothing left to lose and a great deal left to say.
From Salon ● May 27, 2026
Around noon, a conversation in Chinese crackled to life over the marine VHF radio.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
A desperate voice crackled down the phone -- Mariano Nkogo Mba Nchama's 22-year-old son pleaded for help to get home to Equatorial Guinea from Ukraine, where he is fighting for the Russian army.
From Barron's ● Apr. 13, 2026
On the final night, on the frozen shores of the Hudson Bay, they set up camp next to an abandoned trading post as the ice crackled beneath them while the northern lights danced above.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026
A tree of lightning crackled in the sky.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
Brushing his hand over crackling vine leaves, French winemaker Gregory Guibergia was relieved a wildfire only scorched the edge of his vineyard but he feared its smoke would ruin this year's vintage.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
Skies over Le Porge turned orange as smoke rose from charred and crackling pine trees, while helicopters made repeated runs over deserted neighbourhoods.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
Don’t be afraid of any crackling; cumin seeds should sizzle when fried.
From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2026
Over the radio, Bing Crosby is crooning, Bob Hope is joking, and news of the war — against Hitler, against Japan — keeps sizzling and crackling across the dial.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
There’s the crackling of the wood, the whooshing of the flames, the swishing of the new spring leaves in the trees above, a call of an owl, a rustling in the earth—maybe a chipmunk.
From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper
