verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A log crackled on the fire.
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In the living-room, a huge fire was crackling away.
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There was a fire crackling in the big fireplace.
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Welcome to St. Petersburg, a voice crackled over the intercom.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He put logs on the fire and the flames crackled up.
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He was silent for some time, as the fire crackled.
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His radio crackles back with nothing but static.
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It crackled for a moment and then fell silent.
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Singed needles only add to the celebration because they crackle like sparklers and give off the pungent aroma of the evergreen woods.
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The logs in the Adam-style open fireplace crackled.
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The story of the Unabomber crackles with the raw mystery and tension of a cops-and-robbers potboiler.
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The wooden beams and ceiling were crackling in the extreme heat.