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Recent Examples of crackle
White’s rambunctious guitars crackled with radio-transmitter static and whistled in high-frequency pitches.
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Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
The album version shifts from what could at first be mistaken for a pastoral, pleasant crooner about country life into a four-alarm fire, crackling with impatient riffs by the first refrain, when horns pile insistently on top of each other only to strip back, again, to an orchestral piano hymn.
—Shana Naomi Krochmal, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
The stories, jagged tales of sissies, losers, and assholes, showcase a more expansive palette and are written with sharp prose that crackles with transgressive glee.
—Grace Byron, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2025
The book is a cautionary tale but also a celebration, and serves as a reminder that the essence of the Bangles always lay in their adroit songwriting (both in the early days and on two excellent reunion albums) and crackling live performances.
—airmail.news, 15 Feb. 2025
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Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
The album version shifts from what could at first be mistaken for a pastoral, pleasant crooner about country life into a four-alarm fire, crackling with impatient riffs by the first refrain, when horns pile insistently on top of each other only to strip back, again, to an orchestral piano hymn.
—Shana Naomi Krochmal, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
The stories, jagged tales of sissies, losers, and assholes, showcase a more expansive palette and are written with sharp prose that crackles with transgressive glee.
—Grace Byron, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2025
The book is a cautionary tale but also a celebration, and serves as a reminder that the essence of the Bangles always lay in their adroit songwriting (both in the early days and on two excellent reunion albums) and crackling live performances.
—airmail.news, 15 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crackle
Verb
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The door is heard to open with a whoosh and a hissing sound, but neither the door nor the plane exterior are shown in the aftermath.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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For each submission, the zoo will name a Madagascar hissing cockroach in an ex's honor.—
Greta Cross,
USA TODAY,
10 Feb. 2025
Verb
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American and Chicago flags rustled slightly in the wind.—
Nell Salzman,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Apr. 2025
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The rustling sound of paper, tissue paper or cardboard while playing with a toy can mimic the sound of rustling through leaves.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Apr. 2025
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“Crackle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crackle. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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