hiss
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So ginger ale and tonic water became sick-day staples in our home, a bottle uncapped with a satisfying carbonated hiss if someone had a fever.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Dodgers fans generally hiss at the mention of Frank McCourt — the former owner took the team into bankruptcy, after all — but today is about tipping our cap to him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026
“Not My World” is one of the better tracks on the record because it leans minimal, letting the hiss and click of the rhythm bump against a buzzing synth that almost risks irritation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2025
The first million years of the universe ... sounds like "a descending scream, a deep roar and a final growing hiss."
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2025
The opossum squeals, whips around, and opens its mouth to hiss and show me all of its many pointy teeth again.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
As the helium hisses out, the volunteers flatten the plastic skin, tucking in Snoopy’s ears or SpongeBob’s nose to prepare for the final roll.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025
Despite a few more eh-whatever feedback hisses than there should have been during the first half of the band’s set, Climate Pledge Arena has literally never sounded better than it did Tuesday.
From Seattle Times ● May 29, 2024
The only sounds definitively recorded from adult female ostriches were hisses.
From Science Daily ● May 23, 2024
Looking for a muse, the 26-year-old found one in the clangs, hisses and whistles of a train trip to Boston.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2024
“You losing your hearing, Moose? I’ve been banging on this door for five whole minutes,” Mrs. Caconi hisses between breaths.
From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko
When she poked her head outside to see what was going on, someone hissed at her to “get out of town.”
From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2026
At the bank's annual general meeting that year, normally sedate elderly shareholders hissed and booed.
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2026
The couple was on call for a small but fast-growing rodent who hissed when annoyed and cried when lonely:
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
“It’s called negotiations,” Trump hissed at a reporter who asked him about it Wednesday.
From Salon ● May 29, 2025
As water flooded the station, fires were washed out and steam hissed into the air.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
But one of the earliest signs may be something unexpected: a persistent ringing, buzzing, or hissing sound that no one else can hear.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 10, 2026
The cistern on my toilet has been constantly refilling and making a hissing noise, so I asked a plumbing company to send someone over.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 2026
They found Madagascar "hissing" cockroaches, a bulky insect named for its noisy defence mechanism, and dubia cockroaches, an invasive critter bred as a snack for pet lizards.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
The offenders were stopped in their tracks by audience members shushing - some even hissing - or having a quiet word, but in each case it still momentarily broke the spell of the film.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026
We meet the new science teacher, who has a lab with frogs and giant hissing cockroaches.
From "Invisible Inkling" by Emily Jenkins
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