How to Use crackle in a Sentence

crackle

1 of 2 verb

• The logs crackled in the fire.
• The leaves crackled under our feet.
• First thing in the morning, bright corn arepas crackle on the flat top.
  — Nick Rallo, Dallas News, 13 Apr. 2022
• The result is a pizza crust with just the right amount of chew and crackle.
  — Elyse Inamine, Bon Appétit, 26 Mar. 2021
• Against the rhythmic whoosh of my own breath in the snorkel, the reef crackles with the dawn brigade of fish feeding off the coral.
  — Women's Health, 31 July 2023
• Now all that's left to do is find a cozy spot on the couch in front of a crackling fireplace.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2023
• Warm bread and soft butter open dinner, and how nice to hear the bread crackle at the touch.
  — Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2022
• The sound is kind of a snap, crackle, and pop—though more like bubble wrap than Rice Crispies.
  — Melissa Breyer, Treehugger, 30 Mar. 2023
• These brown in the oven in 10 minutes, sit for five (to help the inside get nice and steamy), and have a crackling crust.
  — Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 22 Feb. 2023
• There’s nothing like a good snap, crackle, and pop first thing in the morning.
  — Demetria Wambia, SELF, 17 Feb. 2022
• True to form, this sandwich crackles under tooth, down to the very last bite.
  — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024
• Yet the script, by Jamal Olori and Stephen Glover, doesn’t give him lines that crackle and catch fire.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 12 Jan. 2023
• Any of it could have been a factor in their overall lack of snap, crackle, and pop.
  — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Mar. 2023
• The crackling fire and a chorus of frogs were our symphony.
  — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2024
• In that moment, the noise seemed to ripple and crackle with magic.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2023
• Short wands of fried phyllo stuffed with chopped mushrooms and earthy snails crackle in the mouth.
  — Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2020
• Even low-stakes contests off the court, like video games with friends, could crackle with must-win fury.
  — Matt Flegenheimer, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2024
• The problem for viewers is that the jokes don’t crackle and the silences lack subtext.
  — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 21 Apr. 2022
• The sunken flame and crackling sound effect adds to the realism of these wax candles.
  — Maya Polton, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Sep. 2023
• Back in your room, a soaking tub or a crackling fireplace awaits.
  — Kristine Hansen, Travel + Leisure, 6 Mar. 2023
• What’s a cozy night in without a crackling wood wick candle?
  — Ali Faccenda, Peoplemag, 27 Sep. 2023
• Food cooks over the crackling flames of a live-fire hearth at Ardor Breads and Provisions.
  — Detroit Free Press, 23 Feb. 2024
• Like lightning crackling in her body is how Gray, now 38, has described the pain.
  — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 27 Nov. 2023
• The voice of a 911 dispatcher crackled over the police scanner.
  — Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2023
• At high school football practices the crackling rapid-fire bursts sometimes drown out the coach.
  — Joanna Slater, Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2023
• The leaves would crackle and then crumble into tiny pieces.
  — Peter Millard, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2021
• Moran herself wrote the screenplay, which crackles with wit and heart and honesty.
  — Lindsey Bahr, Detroit Free Press, 7 May 2020
• Soon, the dispatch radio crackled with news of a wreck under Lift 4.
  — Karin Brulliard, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2023
• That, in itself is nothing new, and could also fail to crackle on radar.
  — Amy Kellogg, Fox News, 11 July 2022
• Dave Christensen woke around 2 a.m. Feb. 5 to the sound of crackling outside his bedroom window and then what sounded like an explosion.
  — Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2024

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crackle

2 of 2 noun

• Still, the crackle of last-day-ness feels much the same.
  — Anne Fadiman, Wired, 17 June 2020
• The bells clank and the air crackles and the peaks look like cathedral spires.
  — Chiara Goia, National Geographic, 14 Dec. 2019
• But the yielding meat, the dripping fat and the hard-candy crackle on the skin are the same.
  — New York Times, 21 June 2022
• And even the pops and crackles exiting the tailpipes can be toned down to a dull blat.
  — Mike Sutton, Car and Driver, 30 Mar. 2020
• By the end of the movie, the snap and crackle of their wit has somehow been deadened to a pile of ash.
  — K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2022
• Tonight: Get into the snap, crackle and pop of the moment.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 4 July 2019
• The cookies will be crackle-topped and too soft to lift from the baking sheets.
  — Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com, 9 Dec. 2020
• That crackle when the work is good, there’s nothing like it.
  — New York Times, 24 Nov. 2021
• His reason for being, the thing that gave him the crackle, was gone.
  — Christian Holub, EW.com, 4 May 2023
• Rolfe fires his Taser and a yelp can be heard above the weapon’s electric crackle.
  — Brynn Anderson, The Denver Post, 14 June 2020
• With the crackle of the fire and the distant roar of the ocean as our soundtrack, the yarns carry us out into the night.
  — Nina Karnikowski, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Dec. 2022
• Listen to the fireplace crackle gently in the Great Hall!
  — Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2021
• We finally got rid of the wood stove and its soot and dust and crackle and charm.
  — Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Mar. 2018
• In the distance, the booms of explosions and the crackle of gunfire pierced the silence.
  — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2022
• The crackle of gunfire and crump of tank fire ever present.
  — ABC News, 5 Nov. 2023
• All of the book’s chapters on the law crackle with energy.
  — New York Times, 2 July 2018
• Without anyone awake, the agency found, the crew was notified of the fire by the pop, crackle and the glow of the flames.
  — Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2020
• There’s the spit and crackle in the fireplace, the smell of burning juniper, and the warm spices of dal bhat being stirred on the kitchen stove.
  — Sophy Roberts, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Dec. 2018
• There was a crackle of lightning when that gate swung open.
  — Bruce Jenkins, SFChronicle.com, 31 Dec. 2019
• The crackle of chemistry between her and Tom is so, so fun.
  — Clark Collis, EW.com, 20 June 2023
• Irene had to return the counter the next day, but its crackle stayed in my mind, a soundtrack to my worries.
  — Sophia Moskalenko, Vox, 2 July 2019
• What would the Fourth of July be without some snap, crackle and pop-punk?
  — Don Maines, Houston Chronicle, 20 June 2018
• The flash and crackle of lightning are rare along the San Diego County coastline.
  — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 July 2022
• Passengers must hear the pops and crackles as they’re whisked along the highway, they were told.
  — WIRED, 6 Sep. 2023
• Think of the roti as a big flour tortilla, only more dense and with more buttery crackle.
  — Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com, 27 Aug. 2020
• But this is the year for those old corny albums with their crackle and pops that now seem vital.
  — oregonlive, 13 Nov. 2020
• There’s the velvet brown of our bedspread, the crackle of Luke snoring, the warmth of Anna’s breath as her body fights and rests.
  — Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News, 10 June 2023
• Some often collapsed from the journey against the sounds of war and crackle of gunfire.
  — Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2022
• Listing image by Cortana Enlarge / Lightning crackles behind the dawn edge of Jupiter's atmosphere.
  — Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 4 Aug. 2023
• There was a crackle of energy from the presence of chattering bodies in a room and the warm cacophony of string musicians tuning instruments.
  — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024