hiss
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Not a call of the wild, a roar or a hiss.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
The midtempo “Ridin’ High” starts with a descending harp glissando that pours into a synthesizer seasoned by a vibraslap’s rattlesnake hiss.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026
The theater reopened this past weekend with “The Great Bank Robbery,” a 30-minute-plus show in which audiences are encouraged to boo, hiss and swoon over the characters, a Bird Cage tradition since 1954.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026
Play Under The Rain or Breathe Again and you'll hear a telltale hiss running throughout the tracks.
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2026
Then there was a hiss and an “Oh!”—the sound of an idea taking shape—and Mal called down.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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
In North Africa and the Levant, it’s shakshuka: eggs poached in a rich, spiced tomato sauce that hisses when it hits the pan and settles into something molten and slow.
From Salon ● Jun. 16, 2025
Bob Clendenin is funny as a needy, talkative pilot, and Gonzalo Menendez earns his hisses as a crooked cop.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2024
The only sounds definitively recorded from adult female ostriches were hisses.
From Science Daily ● May 23, 2024
“Pri, calm down and sit back,” Chantal hisses.
From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi
The source of the stench was the canal itself, a stretch of sewage, chemicals and other unmentionables in “green water that hissed and bubbled like a witch’s cauldron.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
"You're not fit to wear the shirt," West Ham supporters hissed at their side following the visitors' 3-1 defeat against Newcastle United.
From BBC ● May 17, 2026
The fat hissed in greeting, and within seconds the kitchen was filled with oregano’s scent.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2025
When she first got there early this week, she tried to run away and hissed any time someone tried to touch her, Ortiz said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2025
As water flooded the station, fires were washed out and steam hissed into the air.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
That visceral hissing is basically the only thing not present at the Oschin Center.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
This step is what brought us here, to Ponysaurus, filling out the online notice to the tune of a hissing compressor that kept clean air moving through the brewing system.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
“The cistern on my toilet has been constantly refilling and making a hissing noise.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
People often describe it as ringing, buzzing, hissing, or whooshing in one or both ears.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 10, 2026
A whistle blows, a long sustained warning followed by the hissing and sputtering of the engine.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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