crackling

Example Sentences

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Don’t be afraid of any crackling; cumin seeds should sizzle when fried.

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026

The distress channel of his maritime radio was crackling with the pleas of seafarers among the 20,000 still stranded on cargo ships and tankers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

The camera cuts to Elizabeth’s actual surroundings: a New York City apartment, where the radiator clacks and hisses in place of a crackling fire, and the view is brick, not snow-dusted pasture.

From Salon • Dec. 25, 2025

The show might not have the crackling vitality of “Hamilton” or the bluesy poignancy of “The Scottsboro Boys.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025

She reined in Arion, and he clopped impatiently, the ground crackling under his hooves.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan