crackling

Example Sentences

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Yet today it reads like a crackling radio dispatch from a quaint age.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 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

On a crackling night in Glasgow, substitute Kieran Tierney found the net from outside the box to restore the home side's lead in the 93rd minute.

From Barron's • Nov. 18, 2025

These include a recipe for crackling bread that begins, “First, catch your pig.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

Buildings around them began to rumble, witches looked around in confusion, but most important, the crackling energy of the gazebo fell.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega