Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crepitate
Verb
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The dining room crackles with the hopeful, earnest energy of a start-up company, ripe with possibility.—
Jenn Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2025 -
The live audio suffered from some crackling noise in a technical hiccup likely caused by the rain, but the singer still came out swinging.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 June 2025
Verb
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After the Frost squeaked into the playoffs for the second straight season, their thoughts naturally turned to the idea of going on and winning the whole thing again.—
Dean Spiros,
Twin Cities,
27 May 2025
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The 1,100-page bill, which squeaked through the House on Thursday by a single vote, will now go to the Senate, where more changes are likely.—
Anne Marie D. Lee,
CBS News,
23 May 2025
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“Crepitate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crepitate. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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