Hissing

Examples

• The last words she whispered in a hissing tone, close to his ear. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• The remainders, being cut into lengths and split open, were tossed into the pan, which began hissing and crackling over the fire. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• And Mrs. Sedley tossed out of the room, hissing out the word poison once more, and so ending her charitable benediction. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• It was so quiet in the cave, suddenly, that he could hear the hissing noise the wood made burning on the hearth where Pilar cooked. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• The great defect of that instrument was the rendering of the overtones in music, and the hissing consonants in speech. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The only noise in the cave now was the hissing from the hearth where snow was falling through the hole in the roof onto the coals of the fire. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• In this first engine the steam had been allowed to escape into the air with a loud, hissing noise, which frightened horses and cattle, and was generally regarded as a nuisance. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Then, the ends of the torches were flung hissing into the water, and went out, as if it were all over with him. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The clanking of the engine-pumps, and the spirting and hissing of the water as it fell upon the blazing wood, added to the tremendous roar. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• The pirate's hissing, Die, cursed thern, was half choked in his windpipe by my clutching fingers. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Finally, above the banging, and rumbling, and shouting, and hissing of steam rang the order to cast off! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.

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