| 单词 | hiss |
| 例句 | She jerked her head and hissed through her toothless mouth at Garrett, tapping her greasy cards. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z It was only when the enormous snake dropped down from the tree that they realized the sound was a hiss. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I didn’t see what happened next, but I heard a hiss and a yowl. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The cat hissed, screeched, leaped to the floor and was downstairs before Palmer finished his scream. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z The radio answered in static and loud hisses, like a radiator coming to life on the first cold day of fall. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “Okay, now, draw that stack over near the edge of the table by your right arm,” the pump gun hissed melodramatically. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He raised and lowered his crest and then I swear he hissed at me like a feral cat. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “And who is this?” he said in his soft snake’s hiss. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “Did you seriously just say hi to them?” she hisses loud enough for me to hear. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z All around her, the fields crackled and hissed, laughing in Gaea’s voice as Percy and Jason charged at each other, their weapons ready. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Fahim started to reach out but withdrew his hand when one of the snakes hissed. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Mist curled around the giant, hissing and bubbling as it touched his skin. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z You were a mistake, a new sinister voice hissed in her ear. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z These women squatting, knees wide apart in their long wrapped skirts, throwing handfuls of peppers and small potatoes into hissing pans over cookfires? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It hissed, and a drop of poison from its mouth dripped onto Loki’s face, making his eyes burn. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z There was a soft hiss as the black waters quenched the flames. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Give me my sword, mouse, and I will make your dying easy!” he hissed. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I curled into a ball as he hissed down at me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It hisses on the concrete as he drags it. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z They had not gone more than a few yards when from behind them came a sound, startling and horrible in the heavy padded silence: a gurgling, bubbling noise, and a long venomous hiss. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He hissed and clawed the air with a paw. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Flashing sirens heralded endless emergencies, and a fleet of buses rumbled past, their doors opening and closing with a powerful hiss, throughout the night. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z “What are you doing, Jackson?” hissed Dr. Thorn. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Suddenly in his hand writhed a cold serpent, hissing and twisting to strike. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z And then Wormtail lowered the creature into the cauldron; there was a hiss, and it vanished below the surface; Harry heard its frail body hit the bottom with a soft thud. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He brushed each glove gingerly with the hammer, and steam hissed from them. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z All that came out of his mouth was a hiss. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I point to Buttercup, who gives me such a halfhearted hiss, we all have to laugh a little. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Presently they were in the Lane, their slippers making a soft hissing noise on the pavement as they scurried along. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Inside, the fire hissed and snapped and cast flickering shadows across the glossy green walls. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z They hiss loudly as they strike, and burn themselves a socket in the ice. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z When I hear the next hiss, I flatten on the ground, not taking time to look. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z They wended past a wild boar feeding on a guard and a spotted cat that hissed and spit at them but did not draw near. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Tucker hissed, casting a quick look back at Miles. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “Don’t you try that again, sweetheart!” he hissed. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z As each person climbed back down the silver ladder, the rest of the class hissed, “What did she ask? Was it okay?” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Bushra punches me in the arm and hisses in my ear. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z They stood up and fumbled together with the helm, hissing, “No, I’m not”—“Yes, you are,” until it was safely on. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The whole jumble of loose pack hissed and rustled as it rose to the swell. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z The tires of a station wagon hiss to a stop in the darkness. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Then there was nothing but a loud rotating roaring and hissing noise which rose to such a tornado that he felt that he could not stand it any more. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Used to sing too, over the hissing of the iron, sang old Hazara songs about tulip fields. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z There’s a slow hiss of an exhale across the line, like air escaping through a crack in a window. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z They elongate their wings, hiss and hiccup, then fly toward me. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Auk XI, which had rocket candy inside that I had not moistened, leapt off the pad with a satisfying hiss, but then exploded, steel fragments whistling overhead while we hit the dirt inside the blockhouse. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The things slithered into the cafeteria with a cold hissing that might have been snake laughter. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Yet there was only the muted hiss of the gas jets, safely enclosed within their milk glass cradles. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z His voice hissed from his throat: “I ain’t going to leave you behind to snitch!” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He released a low hiss and swiped at my pen. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z A wave of noise hits me—the gurgling and hissing sound that Tess heard earlier. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z “Stop staring,” I hiss at Sophie, harsher than I mean to. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The albino hissed again, extra work, extra work, all the time. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z This proclamation from Governor Hutchinson was met with howls and hisses. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z And that sound was a hiss, like a sting or the sizzle of water on coals. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Gold hissed, infuriated by this source’s lack of trade - craft training. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The leader, a gnarled gray rat with a diagonal scar across his face, pointed at Gregor and hissed, “Kill him!” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “How often do I have to tell you not to let yourself get photographed?” he hissed at him. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z At that moment they both heard a low, breathy hissing from the hollow. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The sound was louder now—a hissing moan that had an almost evil resonance to it—but he didn’t waste time studying it. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sir,” said I, “for what have you—,” but he hissed, and I fell silent. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The chirrup of crosswalk signals, the shrieking of sirens, the hissing of air brakes, even the hushed chatter of people strolling on the sidewalk—I heard every sound individually. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He loved the sound of pancake batter hissing on the griddle. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He was already almost totally turned around, when, always with this hissing in his ear, he just made a mistake and turned himself back a little. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z A hiss escaped her lips, and she let loose a stream of Polish that he didn’t understand. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z A foot the size of Yankee Stadium was about to smash me when a voice hissed, “Btrcy!” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The wheels churned and churned, echoing with the scrape of metal on metal, the hiss of steam and the whine of brakes. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Boiling water cascaded down over his head in a hissing, steaming deluge. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z But then the wagon comes to a stop, and the creature gives me a last malevolent look before disappearing with a dissatisfied hiss. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The voice came hissing out of the butcher knife. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Along yet another corridor he dashed, and then there were owls everywhere, and Mrs. Norris was hissing and trying to bat them with her paws, no doubt to return them to their proper place.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “Who hit you in the butt with a saddle and told you you could ride?” a starter hissed before a race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll get my hands on your fortune if it’s the last thing I do,” the voice hissed. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Stretchers and wheelchairs were beached here and there against the hissing, knocking pipes that ran and branched in an intricate nervous system along the glittering walls. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z From somewhere below in the darkness came the sound of hissing—thousands and thousands of snakes. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “You said you needed a messenger,” Barry hissed into his cell phone, wincing when it brushed the gauze taped over his split cheek. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The imp hissed, mouth open, black tongue dangling grotesquely. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Her Ladyship, whatever she was, made a series of violent hisses like a tire being slashed repeatedly. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Steam hissed its way up through to the air. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Instantly he reverted to his true self, a snake, and slithered away hissing. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your Grace, I must protest—” hisses Durufle, but the bishop cuts him off by stamping his crozier to signal the finality of his judgment. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Harry asked, disregarding a strong feeling that he might be pushing his luck, a feeling apparently shared by Phineas Nigellus, who hissed softly. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z A flash of green caught his eye, ahead and off to port, and a nest of writhing emerald serpents rose burning and hissing from the stem of Queen Alysanne. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z And I made a hissing noise, just like the cockroach I saw on TV, right through my teeth. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z The light winked out, a hiss and a crackle, then another flicker of orange light: Assef grinning, kneading Hassan in the chest with a knuckle. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “The Black Tortoise needs help,” hissed the snake, its voice like the wind through pine needles. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Aru slunk behind a palm tree, which hissed, “You have no manners, child!” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z His beak opened, and he made a sharp hissing sound, as if in warning. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Tobias and I remain on the train, listening to it hiss against the rails, without speaking. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I wait for the next hiss, the next signal to bolt. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z One of these games was to stand in a circle, while the junior ganders, one after another, walked into the middle of it with their heads stretched out, pretending to hiss. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you are the son of Poseidon,” Echidna hissed, “you would not fear water. Jump, Percy Jackson. Show me that water will not harm you. Jump and retrieve your sword. Prove your bloodline.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I hissed once we were past the doors. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I have heard more than a little hissing and roaring through the factory door, but my presently somewhat enervated condition precludes a descent into that particular inferno at the moment. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “You think not?” said the Hamadryad’s hissing voice. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z “You guys are big goons,” she hissed back. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z As the stream of guys thudded past, he heard someone snicker, someone else hiss. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He said it in a low hissing way that told you whatever kind of snake this was, you didn’t want to run up on one! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z The outer door would hiss shut and relock itself; then the package would be scanned, X-rayed, and analyzed eight ways from Wednesday. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Bending over with great effort, Ignatius stuck a finger into the valve of one of the tires until the hissing stopped and the tire’s bottom pancaked across the brick gutter. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry hissed as Professor Flitwick went whizzing resignedly past them, landing on top of a large cabinet. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The hiss of heat and water in the pipes all around us. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z He flared his nostrils, smelled the air, pulled the air along the sides of his tongue in a hissing sound and tasted it, but there was nothing. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z My teeth clattered against each other, letting my breaths out in a shaky hiss. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z But when Emma mentioned Miss Wren to the girl, she gave us a hard stare and her snake hissed and showed its fangs, and we moved on. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z She hissed, which might have been a laugh. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Jesus Christ!” she hissed as she dragged me inside. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I tried to get God down with my tongue but the priest hissed at me, Stop that clucking and get back to your seat. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He did as she commanded, his weight balancing the tilt of the craft as she slapped a patch onto the hissing hole the meat hook had made. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z But Nancy stalked to the counter behind which Bill Koontz was standing, and, eyes narrowing, she hissed, “Listen, chota, you don’t talk to my husband like that—” “Okay!” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ma’am, I don’t . . .” “Your time is up,” she hissed. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I realized that my breath was hissing through my clenched teeth, my Ups pulled back in a feral grin. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z As I crouched inside my bivouac sack under the lip of the bergschrund, spindrift avalanches hissed down from the wall above and washed over me like surf, slowly burying my ledge. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z At the foot of the staircase she stopped and hissed, with a venom that shocked Mia: “Your brother is dead—dead, you realize that?—and you come home like this?” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z A couple of women actually hissed at them, and a kid gnashed his teeth like some wild animal. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z He watched her drown meats in the hissing fire pool. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z I sucked air in between my teeth, making that hissing noise that people make whenever they are in pain but don't want to yell. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Any moment they might hiss a long sputtering hiss and explode. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z That night, I could hear the man crying softly in his bed, until someone hissed at him to shut up. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z ‘He’s propping up the bar,’ she hissed over to me. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z She spat and hissed if you went closer than ten paces. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z He bared his teeth; and then with a hissing breath he spat before the king’s feet, and darting to one side, he fled down the stair. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The kitten turned and hissed at Ess, who jumped into the air with a screech, and the cat raced off, back in the other direction. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The snake fought frantically, making hissing sounds that shattered the silence of the desert. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z As I walked up the road, the wheels of the wagon made a dry hissing sound on the asphalt. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z He heard it before he saw it—the loud hissing, like a furious creature sucking in an enormous breath of air. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The jungle answered with unknown screeches and a low, murmuring hiss. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z On learning of this request the crowd outside the Tribune booed and hissed, correctly interpreting the move as an attempt to gain time to lobby for more votes. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The gwythaint hissed again, and a long, rasping rattle sounded in its throat. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z "Where is it?" he hissed, his stench poisoning what little oxygen I had left. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “That snake hissed. At me, and he showed me his teeth. He’s a mean snake. Mean. Look, Jinny.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The goddess of magic made a disgusted hiss. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Warmth radiated from it, making Mo's wet clothes hiss with steam as he clambered onto the narrow ledge and collapsed next to me. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Frodo thought that he heard a faint hiss as of venomous breath and felt a thin piercing chill. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z It was hissing with malice, stabbing its head forward as it waddled heavily up the shore, and the beak snapped and clacked. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z A side door jutted forward, breaking some kind of seal with a pressurized hiss, then slid aside giving them a view of plush leather seats occupied by two almost familiar people. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Snakes often hissed to themselves, things like “I know there’s a tasty mouse around here sssssomewhere.” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z She hissed a string of words I didn’t understand. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z When he made a weak move, which was rare, he’d sit bolt upright and inhale, emitting a sound like a snake’s hiss. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Because Lenny’s not being nice when he says things like that,” I hiss. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Now the crowd was hissing on top of the boos. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z I hissed, barely daring to raise my voice above a whisper. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z He moved quickly to throw back the sheet but stopped with a hiss at the creak or scratch of his shoulder, which he had forgotten in bis sleep. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The hiss coiled itself tightly around the air and squeezed out all other sound. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Close the door now, the voices of the njuzu girls hissed. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The bird opened its curved beak and hissed warningly; but its eyes were dull and half-closed. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z The wet wood hissed in the flames, the snow continued to fall. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z The patterns of their breath were disjunct, and hissed in the experimental chamber. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I hissed, hauling him huffing and puffing and cursing to his feet. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z There was a sudden hiss and roar as the rain came down. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z He took not the slightest notice of Wormtail, who lay twitching and bleeding on the ground, nor of the great snake, which had slithered back into sight and was circling Harry again, hissing. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Orange-striped magma swirled and hissed around her, searching for a weak point in the metal casing. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “I already know all about the Pilgrims and the Indians,” I hiss in return. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Once in the oven it put up a bubble like a baseball which grew tight and shiny and then collapsed with a hissing sound. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The bus door opened with a hissing psst, like it was telling a secret. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z In the hissing gaslights, the watch’s golden case glowed like a beacon. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z They could hear him snuffling, and now and again there was a harsh hiss of breath that sounded like a curse. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “You have no idea who I am,” I said, my anger throttling my words into a hiss. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Instead of salsa music, police walkie-talkies were on full blast, bombarding the streets with what sounded like a nest of hissing snakes. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “I hope that was a joke. This is Camp_____.” He made a sound that was a series of sonar pings and hisses. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z And then, while the one-brow man follows me home, I hear a hiss. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z If only there hadn't been his father's unbearable hissing! The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z And all the while he hissed but spoke no words. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The winds began rising from the bay waters, racing over Oakland and sweeping low over the hissing weeds, which nodded back and forth in great shimmering waves of gold. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z A raspy intake of air hissed all around her. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z He spoke with less hissing and whining, and he spoke to his companions direct, not to his precious self. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The pork chops hissed and swished in the pan. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z As the light began to fade, the architects lit the library’s gas jets, which hissed like mildly perturbed cats. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He hissed at Hazel and waddled back and forth so quickly, she was afraid his loincloth might fall off. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The water hissed as it gushed out of the tap. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Basta had hissed in his ear before wiping the blood off his knife. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z She grabbed her teacup and hissed, almost dropping it into her lap as the scalding-hot cup bit into her hand. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The pork chops hissed and swished in the pan. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The waves of Lake Pepin curled up on the shore at their feet and slid back with the smallest hissing sound. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z One of them hisses, softly, and the other responds in kind. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I tried it again, thinking about Caliban and Sycorax—the rats, not the monsters in the play—because I wanted to make the “strange stuff” come out more like a hiss. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Lightning stirred the water into a boiling cauldron, steaming and hissing with electricity. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The hulking figure slashed down wide swaths of alfalfa at a relentless pace, both scythes hissing and chiming without pause. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z In answer, there was an ominous hiss, slick as a blade. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z In an instant, the hissing, burning gas vapor lit the grotesque scene. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a nasty hissing noise as Filch swelled with fury; Mrs. Norris had arrived, unseen, and was twisting herself sinuously around Filch’s skinny ankles. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z He hisses a little when Alex bites down lightly on the side of his neck. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z In anger he bared his teeth—a habit, Granny said, that he had formed while fighting in the trenches of the Civil War—and hissed, while his fists would clench until the veins swelled. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He hissed in the gruff man’s- voice: “Quiet!” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z It hissed and sprayed blood as it came out. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z “How can you drink when there is no food for your children?” my mother would hiss at him the next morning. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Tree-ear felt that the very air in the workspace under the eaves was alive with whispers and hisses of anxiety: the emissary would be returning very soon. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z The room was filled with a sharp crackling and hissing as the dark liquid warmed itself against the stone of the firewell and began to boil. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Shut up,” Nancy hissed, her face even brighter red than her hair. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “Leave him to me,” he hissed in Ron’s ear. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Only know the way my heart jumps as I press the button down, hear the hiss of paint, watch J-A-C- begin. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z The characters loitered in deserted rooms, no one talking, everything silent for whole minutes except the hiss of the projector and rain pounding on the roof. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He was a young fellow and he held the wine-bottle at full arms' length and raised it high up, squeezing the leather bag with his hand so the stream of wine hissed into his mouth. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Suddenly Sam heard a hiss behind him, and there was Gollum on all fours, peering at them with gleaming eyes. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z It was a hissing noise that would go on for about ten seconds, pause, then come again. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Steam hissed up through the smothering mound of snow. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z A wolf daemon leaped at him: he slashed at her in midair, and bright fire spilled out of her as she fell to the snow, where she hissed and howled before vanishing. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z When I walked home at night, things got white around the edges and it seemed I had no past, no memories, that I had been on this exact stretch of luminous, hissing road forever. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The trader’s assistant brought out the hissing lamps and hung them over the porch. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed to hiss as it sliced its way through bone and gristle. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Moody let out his breath in a long, low hiss. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The new sea ice hissed and creaked as it rose on the swell. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Those first hours are associated in my memory with one sound, not one you’d guess, not the yipping of the hyena or the hissing of the sea: it was the buzzing of flies. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z ‘At that his breath came like the hiss of snakes, and all who stood by shuddered, but Dáin said: “I say neither yea nor nay. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z There were hisses here and there among the audience. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The train hisses over the rails, a tear drops down Tris’s cheek, and the city disappears into the darkness. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Hatchet hissed and dropped Sefia as bits of flesh and bone shattered in his arm. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Peeling it off wakes him up a little, and he hisses with pain. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He tipped the big five-litre bag up and squeezed it so the wine hissed against the back of his throat. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z She let Biddy give her corn and water, but hiss and peck when Biddy go to pet her. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z In the winter of that year, after yet another breakdown with hallucinations and hissing internal voices, he was institutionalized. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “You have been acting like a baby all week,” Caroline says, raising her voice but keeping it a hissing whisper. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The hearth fire crackled and hissed as he slowly waved his fingers and whispered strangely to the spiders. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Even his snake feet looked angry, baring their fangs and hissing. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “You are in a lifetime of trouble, Skeeter,” she hisses at me, her mouth like a fist. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z There’s the sound of a hissing exhale, weight shifting. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z By late afternoon it had begun to snow and they went on with the tarp over them and the wet snow hissing on the plastic. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Audience members—especially the men—hissed, shouted, and threw eggs at her. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z And he shot a bolt at each of the three blank walls and the vacuum hissed out at him. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z It hissed up in a furious steam—and the metal snapped! A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The bubbling hiss drew nearer, and there was a creaking as of some great jointed thing that moved with slow purpose in the dark. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The doctor hisses at him in Spanish, and he rolls his pants back down. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Everything in my ears is hissing, which might be vuvv or just collapse. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He pushed her away, holding her by the forearms, and hissed, “Lupita, I don’t want to stay here. They don’t want me here!” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z He stood at the edge of the pit, the crowd surging around him, hissing, mocking, their words scathing and dry as coals. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The Maeonian drakon spread its frilled collar and hissed, its poison breath filling the battlefield with the smell of pine and ginger. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Feeling slightly reassured, but still very uneasy, Matthias circled the pool, trying hard to ignore the loathsome hissing sound. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z And then they were all hissing it, crowding in, pushing back the curtains of Isagol’s big bed to encircle Sarai on all sides. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Swear it. On something you care about,” she hisses. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Before she could protest, Small Bob arched his back and hissed. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “You see nothing,” he said, his voice hissing between his teeth. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z But then, at the first rumble of a departing train and the hiss of air from its brake lines, it erupts with life. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The hiss grew into a shout by the time he was finished. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “And I didn’t organize anything,” Milo answered indignantly, drawing great agitated sniffs of air in through his hissing, pale, twitching nose. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Will took out the knife and looked in that direction, and he heard the dæmon hiss with surprise. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Bast flailed his hands franticly at Chronicler’s head.“Quiet!” he hissed. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z A train hissed into the station, filled with people. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “Shut up! Shut up!” students yelled, booing, and hissing. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z As Harry stepped forward, whispers suddenly broke out like little hissing fires all over the hall. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “This isn’t over,” Sigurd hissed, and he turned. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z She stirs the lumps from the batter, pours it into the buttered, hissing pan. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z She heard the hiss as it struck the coals below. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Arrows hissed past his head and clattered off his armor; one lodged between shoulder and breastplate, but he never felt it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “There’s a secret door at the back,” he hissed. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z In the quiet the wind pushed against the window sashes; steam hissed and boiled through the radiators. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Annabeth pressed the symbol on the doors and they hissed open. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The potion hissed loudly like a boiling kettle and frothed madly. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “I can’t talk right now,” he hissed, his droopy eyes flashing. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Rivka hissed Hannah quiet and ran a finger across her own throat, the same signal that the peasants had made in the fields when the cattle cars passed them by. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Richard Parker always froze when a hand flare hissed to life. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He smiled, and the whip snaked down at the pyre, hissing. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Biddy waggle her fingers closer, and Mama Duck hiss through the hole in her beak and struck her head out like a snake trying to bite Biddy’s fingers. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The hiss of the sprinklers is not the sound of snakes. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Roger hisses at me as we make our way to our seats. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z "You mew like a suckling babe," his brother hissed at him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Crows shout, brakes hiss, someone to her left bangs something metal with what might be a hammer. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He lets out a hiss of pain that makes me recall my knife is cold iron. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z They shuffled on their mismatched bronze and donkey legs, hissing and fighting with each other, apparently in no hurry to reach the Doors of Death. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Rhaegal and Viserion were fighting over a scrap of meat, buffeting each other with their wings as smoke hissed from their nostrils. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They did not hear him, so he hissed louder, but the loudspeaker announcing departures and arrivals drowned it out. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Lightning sang and hissed around our shoulders, and the thunder bellowed. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Hot white flashes and rapid hisses within indicated arc welding. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z To propel herself forward, Mariam clawed at necks, at arms and elbows, at hair, and, when a woman nearby hissed, Mariam hissed back. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “My locker. I actually prefer this to being hissed at in the hall, if you want to know the truth.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Their laughter seemed sparse and strained compared to the great gales that had greeted Groat’s and Penny’s antics at Joffrey’s wedding feast, and some hissed at him in anger. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The woman pumped and adjusted the fuel gauge on one until it hissed. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z She spun around and hissed, “Stop talking! Stop talking and run!” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The diamond surface of the water broke and hissed; it sent sparks in all directions and turned a vivid, poisonous-looking blue. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He hissed at her like a snake, and Juana stared at him with wide unfrightened eyes, like a sheep before the butcher. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z They ate their supper in silence, huddled beneath oilskins as the rain dripped down, hissing, into the fire. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z It came out sounding like a hiss, rubbish, and Ugwu’s stomach tightened. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z A hissing, clattering noise I recognized all too well. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Then there was a hissing, gasping, panting noise outside the door, swiftly stifled, as though someone—or some Thing—was holding his breath in the dark, waiting to pounce. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z “The Black Tortoise needs help,” it hissed again. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The brakes hissed as Mary Jo turned off the engine and swung open the door. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z When there's a hiss, I act or die. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z In our antibiotic era, how can we imagine what it means to have entire ways of life hiss away like steam? 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z As the horns died away, a hissing filled the air; a vast flight of arrows arched up from his right, where the archers stood flanking the road. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The black dragon hissed, smoke seeping out between his sharp teeth. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Then it began to make a slow hissing sound in the water and he still held it, bracing himself against the thwart and leaning back against the pull. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “A rumble, a hiss—some say a boom and a swish—and the wave of molasses swept out,” the newspaper proclaimed. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z In the gloom they heard the hiss of Wormtongue’s voice: ‘Did I not counsel you, lord, to forbid his staff? That fool, Háma, has betrayed us!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Then there were the small dragons which lived under stones and hissed Eke kettles—dangerous varmints, very. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z High above him the leaves constantly shifted, making a soft, hissing sound. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Tyson jumped back as Kampe’s hair lashed and hissed, and the vipers around her legs darted their tongues in every direction. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z So I pulled apart the two cages just a little bit, and Sycorax whirled, hissed, threw herself on top of Caliban, and pushed through. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Finding nothing, it hissed out a blast of hot air flecked with something foul—the digestive juices Ruza had mentioned? Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The engine sizzled and creaked with heat and the jet of steam that blew down the overflow pipe sounded like the hiss of an alligator. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “SHUT UP!” the policeman hissed, a hazy shadow of terror towering in front of me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Now I know why the sista hisses every time I call her “caramel curie.” Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z In time, with a great hiss of hot breath, The Beast stops in this place. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z The big log at the center hissed with boiling sap. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Everything was madness—frothy green bubbles, hissing, roiling water. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Snake hisses as we join the line to use the bathroom. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Ahead, the first line was within bowshot of the enemy,- flights of arrows flew between the ships, hissing like striking snakes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z His father bent in and spoke in a hiss. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z My head snaps around at the hiss, but it takes awhile to believe he’s real. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Christoph pulled the handle of a white floor-to-ceiling freezer, and it opened with a hiss, releasing a cloud of steam into the room. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z A neighbor was boiling corn, and once in a while, when the water frothed over, the stove fire hissed. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z A hiss of whispers whipped up into raised voices. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Pollux and I have worked out a plan for the next leg of our journey, and since it heads away from the hissing, I see no reason to alter it. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Mama rolled her head from side to side, pulling at the tendons in her neck, groaning loudly now, hissing with the painful pleasure of his cure. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z As I expected, she comes at me with a right hook, hissing when I duck it. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Above us the air teems with invisible swift movement, with howls, pipings, and hisses. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z It is the shhh of the radiator hissing steam in our room, of rain on the roof. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The bullets hiss, they make a steel net, never ceasing, never ceasing. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, I’m sure we will meet someone,” he hissed at Pinmei when he caught her guilty expression. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Freya’s cats mewed and hissed, and they fled beneath a chest of furs and would not come out. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Angry hissing and the scuttling of clawed feet told him the demons were at their backs. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Their paws scrambled, their mouths hissed, their yellow teeth clicked, but Mrs. Sidman didn’t care. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “Oh no,” Dr. Maris said, hissing as if she knew how painful it was. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z The far-off rumble of cannon fire faded into silence, replaced by the hissing of the ship on the waves. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z At the start there had been a few boos and hisses, but it came only from the Party members among the crowd, and had soon stopped. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z They all hissed and muttered curses about Yankees. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “My Lord! I — I have no wish to leave you, none at all —” “Do not lie to me!” hissed the second voice. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Little prickly firs grow out of every crevice and yellow vines with thorns wrapping themselves around the firs’ trunks and you can see and hear yellow razor lizards hissing at us as we pass. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z They disappeared beneath the ledge we hid on, and Ayanna hissed at me. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The wood burned merrily; and though all round it the snow hissed, and pools of slush crept under their feet, they warmed their hands gladly at the blaze. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I spin on my heel at the sound of a hiss. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “Remember how to access the Otherworld!” hissed Boo. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The monkey fell on his paws, facing the cat, and the cat arched her back, tail raised high, and stood sideways on, hissing, challenging, spitting. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad hissed under his breath and pulled his eye away from the sight. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The word made him feel a rush of panic, and the spark of hope the meal had brought him fizzled with a silent hiss. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Only one or two people clapped, but there was a lot more grumbling and hissing going on too. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Stop clicking the street with your heels,” the old man hissed through his teeth. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z I hiss before he gets a chance, which seems to annoy him a little, since he considers hissing his own personal sound of contempt. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “Don’t. Even. Breathe,” the leader hissed at us, and then his footsteps trailed away, too. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Voices spoke to me in the roar of the water, in the hissing snow: “Lie down,” they whispered, and “Turn left. You’ll be sorry if you don’t.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Every hoot of an owl sent him into a high- pitched fit, and whenever the cooking fire hissed, he threw a bit of aca, maize beer, into the flames to appease their anger. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z I set out to visit the clank and whirr and hiss of the factory. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Large silver drops of rain hissed on the pavement. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I roll over and try to go back to sleep, listening to the hissing gas as she cranks up the camping stove to make tea. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Every time the brakes hissed on an eighteen-wheeler, it reminded me of Echidna’s reptilian voice. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “Ah!” he hissed, flicking his hand around like it was on fire. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z In this uncomfortable position, he imagined returning to the house and finding it consumed by a violent column of orange flames, reaching skywards like a snapping, hissing monster. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z She choose-s He refuses I’m getting better at hissing, no longer spitting on my forearms. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The bums and druggies occupying the scoop benches looked me over, sometimes hissing or smacking their lips. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “I am not like your weak mother, who was false to your father, as you yourself have charged,” I hissed in a low voice. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Mommy ignored them all, unless the insults threatened her children, at which time she would turn and fight back like an alley cat, hissing, angry, and fearless. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The guy next to me hisses to shut up, freak, and he’s not going to say it again. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z A low hiss came from one of the hanging bodies. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Furrowing her brow, she fought for the right sounds, willing her tongue and teeth to work—the whispered consonant, the hiss. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z A cluster of red sparks hissed through the swinging kitchen door, kissed the ceiling, and rained a shimmering shower down and around the petrified hostess. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry heard the stone doors close behind them with a soft hiss. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Salmakia lifted her foot away from Pantalaimon’s leg, and at once he fought free of her grasp and changed into a wildcat, hissing ferociously, fur on end, tail lashing. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z As the snake slid swiftly past him, Harry could have sworn a low, hissing voice said, “Brazil, here I come.... Thanksss, amigo.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “A family of Mexican vampires,” he said, and hissed. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Mr. Dubonnet had been correct about letting the powder cure longer: The rocket leapt off the pad with a louder-than-ever hiss and then streaked nearly out of sight. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The hissing snakes and the angry bees, the empty nets, and Loo. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Brian grabbed a baseball bat, and we maneuvered it, hissing and snapping, into a corner. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I climb quickly up the dark stairs from underground, with its stinky smells and hissing subway cars, and cross the street onto the plaza. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z They would hiss and spit at each bloody morsel of horsemeat, steam rising from their nostrils, yet they would not take the food . . . until Dany recalled something Viserys had told her when they were children. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A whistle blows, a long sustained warning followed by the hissing and sputtering of the engine. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Presently Ma Costa had the frying pan going, with a couple of fat eels hissing and sputtering and the kettle on for potato powder. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z A hundred yards down the slope, something rustled through the woods—snapping branches, crunching leaves, hissing. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Petra got bitten by a hamster, and in the science room Calder accidentally allowed a box of hissing cockroaches to escape down a heating grate. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z “David!” she hissed, pulling away from the door and throwing herself against the wall. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z From beneath her, amplified by the stone arch, came the hiss of the breeze disturbing the sedge, and a sudden beating of wings against water which subsided abruptly. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z But she couldn’t help but hear the townspeople’s whispers hissing in her head, the new judgment in them. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Somewhere else a phonograph, scratchy and faded, was hissing out a record of “Roamin’ in the Gloamin”’ sung by Harry Lauder. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “Most graceful, the princess,” hissed a roach dreamily as Gregor headed after her. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “I know what you girls are up to,” she hissed, then looked over her shoulder at Betty Lou, the beautician, who was rinsing out strips of cloth across the room. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I have trespassed into his home, the way he slithered into mine last year, hissing threats with his bloody, rosy breath. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z They didn’t hiss, nor did they seem to notice that they had new spectators, but a chill erupted across Ekon’s arms anyway. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “Don’t ask me to fathom the way a werewolf’s mind works,” hissed Snape. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The albino made a hissing sound of displeasure and began to pick his way past all the other equipment. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “Got you, you little terrorist,” hissed Ike, his breath hot against Fadi’s ear. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z The steam engine had been nearly whisper-quiet, the hiss low enough that we didn’t attract a single shambler from the surrounding woods. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “Don’t stand there, idiot. Do something,” Mr. Remora hissed. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Crookshanks’s yellow eyes followed it and he hissed when it came too close. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Soon afterward the Astrophysical Journal published two articles: one by Penzias and Wilson describing their experience with the hiss, the other by Dicke’s team explaining its nature. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z There was another hiss and a splash, and the dark log-shape shot away downstream into the night. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The air brakes hissed as it jerked to a stop at the curb. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z The school had turned the heat on and the tall radiators beneath the windows made soft hissing noises. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Burnham heard only the hiss of gas from the lamps in his office. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The sound of the sea came to me through the open window, the soft hissing sound of the ebb-tide leaving the shingle. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I hissed at my mom, “Who are all these people?” and she whispered back, “Funerals are different when it’s a child.” The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Sticky hissed, watching the familiar figure rolling into view below. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The courtroom was crowded, largely with antiwar protestors who hissed as the government lawyers argued that the Times was violating the Espionage Act. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He beard another arrow hiss through the fronds, and what seemed to be a man’s voice cursing, but it was not very near. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The heat-lanterns hiss and crackle and send the scent of woody charcoal through the pavilion. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z My lungs begin to burn and I start coughing, oxygen hissing out of my cannula as I struggle for air. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z In that half-world between sleep and wakefulness, I can almost hear the ringing of a hammer on steel and the dry hiss of the arc welder at the little machine shop by the tipple. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z "What are you doing in here?" a voice hisses. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The Fury Alecto appeared behind them, hissing and flapping her leathery wings. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z We open our cans: a pop, a hiss. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Sure enough, the sound of a shower hissed behind the closed bathroom door. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z There was a moment of satisfaction as she heard the man hiss in pain. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Then I hear a faint sound, a whoosh—then a hissing and gurgling. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z “Yeah, let’s go already!” hissed Gum Baby, tugging my arm. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “That man killed us, Sarai,” she hissed when she finally found her voice. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I would not be denied, but set off, and found Bono following, hissing warnings at me. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “What’s the idea? Do you want to make it difficult for me to find the place again?” hissed the Magpie. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z There’s a hissing, yes, but it’s not one extended sound. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z It hissed, and expanded the collar of white spikes around its neck. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Sméagol was holding a debate with some other thought that used the same voice but made it squeak and hiss. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z It hissed, and swiped its scalpel-sharp claws at the other mother’s face in one wild rake which left black ooze trickling from several gashes on the other mother’s nose. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z There was a click of claw on stone, and a hiss like an extinguished flame. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The snakes, with a soft hissing sound, were rising up on end and bowing to something behind Jane and Michael. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z In such cases he launched into hissing Chinese, brandished skillets, and then turned his back and walked away. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z “Listen,” she hissed, “if I’m going to be out here pretending I understand what’s going on, at least you could be with me.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z As soon as my glowing blade appeared, the Hydra whipped toward it with all its heads, hissing and baring, its teeth. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z A hiss of air grows louder and louder. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Then Encanis grew silent, and the only sound was the hiss of sweat and blood as they fell from the demon’s straining limbs. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z As if reading her thoughts, Martina hissed, “Now you realize how outclassed you are, don’t you, Wetherall? I don’t blame you for giving up.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Both looked so fierce, so lifelike, that I could almost hear their snarls and hisses. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z And so they were: ragged elegant black shapes sweeping past high above, with a hiss and swish of air through the needles of the cloud-pine branches they flew on. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Someone poked a stick into my ribs, hard, and hissed at me. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt comfortable and safe in here, surrounded by the sloshing noises of virus-killing liquids and the hiss of air and the ruffling sensation across his back as the chemicals played over his suit. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The pistons hissed loudly and the train began to move. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Where is it?” a voice hissed in her ear. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z “He did give it to me!” the chaplain hissed in a whisper that was both fierce and fearful. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He slashed back and forth, destroying the demons one after the other while Small Bob the kitten sat on his shoulder, arching his back and hissing. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The water hissed and boiled when it struck the burning wood, sending up a vapor of white steam. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Then the second man spoke once more, in a whisper that was almost a hiss. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z She tossed the eggplant in the hot oil and it made a loud, angry hissing sound. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “Leave me alone,” I hiss under my breath, peeling off the plastic suit, ripping off the face mask and goggles. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z She’d hollered and hissed and they never heard her, pinched them and they never felt her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Don’t ask him about it,” he hissed urgently. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He walked back to Strawberry and began malting the hissing noises that grooms make. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z The third passed into a disagreeable old age and died hissing at the kitten that had prematurely arrived to replace her. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I could hear Eddie hissing at me to slow down and wait for him, feel my ribs splitting with laughter as I ran. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z They camped almost in the road itself and built a great fire, dragging dead limbs out of the snow and piling them on the flames to hiss and steam. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Fountains erupt in glittering sparks, hissing softly as they stand stationary on the ground. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The intake of Gimli’s breath could be heard as a loud hiss in the silence. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He was tired of people skirting around him in the corridors, as though he were about to sprout fangs or spit poison; tired of all the muttering, pointing, and hissing as he passed. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Yellow eyes peered from between the ragged split strands, and a hiss spilled from a mouth full of fangs. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I brushed the lever lightly, listening as the hydraulic cylinders hissed softly to protract. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z But as the doors to the bus hissed open, the Man in the White Shirt held back. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z Root’s hesitation was highlighted by the hiss of interference. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The oil hissed at the touch of the hot metal. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Instantly, a hot greenish flame erupted with a loud hiss. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Captain Reed scrambled up the bowsprit and stood there, poised over the hissing sea, howling for the pure joy of it. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z His old mama hissed something in his ear and tried to pull him away with a claw on his arm. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I hissed the words out through my teeth. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z I hissed as we pressed our faces up against the window. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z A low hiss of disapproval sounded through the great hall, and Lyra felt the shame he must be feeling, as well as a deep glow of pride in her brave father. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z He listened intently to the hiss, then he touched his broken faceplate. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Sen’s apartment was warm, sometimes too warm; the radiators continuously hissed like a pressure cooker. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z “I wonder what he’s up to? I don’t know whether you should go, Harry. She looked nervously around and hissed, “It might make you late for Sirius.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Of . .. course ... I... do ... dear,” she sputtered, and bit down on her lip and hissed as if her words were driven by steam. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I feel the warm hiss of their movement through my veins. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Fig echoed my thoughts with a snarling hiss. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z It always seemed like a snake to him, his anxiety—waiting just out of sight, ready to slither up his spine, hissing its familiar taunt. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “Quiet,” hissed Holly, worried by the tone of Foaly’s usually flippant voice. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z When his running footsteps had faded, too, the only sounds were the gentle hiss of the naphtha lamp and the moan of the wild wind outside. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Snape hissed, letting go of his arm as though angry with himself. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Fingerprints,” she hissed, before grabbing the knob with her own gloved hand. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He turned the squelch control down and listened for the hiss of static, but there was nothing. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z Then she bent them back with all her might and Duff hissed in pain. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “Hands in the air,” Whitby said, his voice as soft as the hiss of an adder. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z It hissed and growled as it tore its way through the channel. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Businessss,” hissed a large Mask with warthog tusks protruding from his mouth. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “So, little goat. You think this is funny,” hissed the Wart- hog, thrusting itself at Kuda. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The words were nothing more than mutters and mumbles and strange hissing sounds, but the man answered him. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The sea hissed like sandpaper working on wood. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z She was ringed by thick walls of silence which hissed in her ears, rising and falling in volume to some pattern of its own. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “What are you doing here?” he hissed at Scipio. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z As we were passing the old Medusa Cement factory, I heard a long hiss and thought that my yia yia, sitting next to me, was sighing over her misfortunes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z "It's a sin and a shame," an old man hissed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Angry voices hissed in dismay at the massive clump of stone that had broken their progress. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Then tinder hits flint, a hiss splits the air, and a moment later, a torch catches fire with a whoosh. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The coyotes cried and laughed in the brush, and the owls screeched and hissed over their heads. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z The vendor spooned blobs of batter into the pot of oil, where they hissed and bubbled with a satisfying roar. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z She followed Ron through the portrait hole, hissing at them like an angry goose. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The river was folding gently before her like a silver snake, hissing as the water tumbled across a stony bed. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z And only when the engine and baggage cars were well past did the air brakes give their screaming hiss and the straining iron protest to a halt. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I followed the hissing and spitting sounds of Medusas hair. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Far into the night he’d play over the latest games by himself—from tournaments in places ranging from England to Latvia to Yugoslavia to Bulgaria—and he’d hiss and scream as he followed the moves. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The train hissed before jerking to a stop. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “I need to show you something,” she hisses. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Her voice reminded Piper of corn growing—a crackling, hissing, hot and persistent noise she used to hear at Grandpa Tom’s on those quiet nights in Oklahoma. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He dressed furiously, trembling, skipping about to keep warm, and hissing blue breaths to him self as if he were grooming a horse. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Even before I opened my eyes, I felt Clancy jerk back, sucking in a hiss of what sounded like pain. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Kerosene lamps—another amazing thing—hissed as they hung from hooks over the porch. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The seething hiss of it washing over the beach and drawing away again. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Men muttered in small cabals or threatened one another by the fireside, cutting each other with their eyes and hissing, vaunting superiority in their familiarity with the Unseen. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I hiss, nudging her pink sneaker with my foot. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z One telegraph boy made his way through the dark to an unlit alley that smelled of rotted fruit and was silent save for the receding hiss of gaslights on the street he had left behind. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Verily, you are not Saint Elizabeth. And most certainly you are not the Blessed Virgin!” the priest whispers, and the hissing of his voice carries throughout the chapel. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z As it passed through the thick hot air, it made a defiant hiss like a riled snake. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The bus doors opened with a violent hydraulic hiss. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The room fell completely silent except for the hiss and crackle of the fire. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Knives and forks clinked across the china plates, and the fire hissed in the fireplace. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “Relax,” she hissed at the Captain of the Guard. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Eventually, the bridge collapsed under its own weight and plunged into the water with a hissing roar. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z I did not understand until six months later when I was married to this man and he hissed drunkenly to me that he was ready to kai gaua. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s done with a slight grimace as they suck air through their teeth, which makes an interesting hiss. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z All the while there was a walloping hissing, and I could have sworn the ground rumbled and trembled underneath us. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Every time she poked me, I hissed, and soon we were both laughing so hard we were almost crying, and I could barely get the hisses out. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z It took a long time, and not just because of the scowling and the hissing. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z He hissed and reared up on his hind legs, towering over me, his great paws ready to swat me down. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z They stood in the wind from off the sea with the grass hissing all about them, the boy holding on to his hand. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z It came out of the water beneath us, hissing and clanking like some giant mechanical monster. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Leaning close, he hissed in her ear, "You're in my place." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Barbarossa hissed as he struggled to climb on to the chair. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Tony Johnson’s blue figure moved in the air lock, and she heard the nozzles begin to hiss. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “You stand, Harry Potter, upon the remains of my late father,” he hissed softly. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The bus hisses and coughs as we move out into traffic, but it does not jolt and lurch like The Beast. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z He pulled back his lips to reveal a row of jagged teeth and gave her a sharp hiss. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Fat dripped from the hare's open gut, hissing and sizzling in the fire, which gave off the twin aromas of cooking meat and of wood smoke. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z The jackanapes in the slashed pink doublet hissed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The shadows chittered and hissed around her, a chill making goose bumps prickle her skin. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Then she poked me in the back, like I was a cockroach, and I hissed. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z The demon hissed and batted the drum away. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The stakes are higher of course, play the wrong song in a tavern and people might hiss you, but misjudge an entire town and things can get uglier than that. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z In the cab, quietly, she almost hisses as she says, “The doctor has told me I’m not supposed to ask you about what you talk about in your sessions.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z She pulled randomly at straps until the garment made a hissing sound and dropped to the ground. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The cats encircled me, hissing, growling, and scraping their claws on the floor, leaving deep, clean grooves. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Only the shadows and the strike and rush of waves and the hiss of distance. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z A small black object fell near his head in the snow, hissing, shooting forth a white vapor, like a blowing plume, which was carried away from him by the wind. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z We settled down on chairs in the mess tent with a bottle of scotch whisky, while the rain splattered down and hissed through the leaves. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The drakon hissed, spitting jets of green poison that smoked on the mossy ground and set tar pits on fire, filling the air with the scent of fresh pine and ginger. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The sound of a hundred heads hissing at once sent a shiver down my back, and that was before his breath hit me. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “Laugh why, Overlander, laugh why?” one hissed, and Gregor realized he had offended them. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The worst part of Leon’s fury was the way he whispered, this terrible tortured hissing from his mouth, giving his words a tone more deadly than a shout or a yell. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Celia didn’t even look up when her mother stopped in front of her and began hissing. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z The blade followed, hissing like an adder Taran felt it sting across his back. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z “Little rats,” hissed the old woman as she rocked monotonously. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z We got on board and the door hissed shut. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z But the cat just narrows his eyes, flattens his one ear, and hisses back at me. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Father shifted from foot to foot as he hissed, “Shhh! They are approaching. Do not speak. Do not look them in the eye! Avoid trouble!” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z “Don’t know, kid ...” The pilot’s words were a hiss, barely audible. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z The hissing of the pony’s breath grew louder and sharper. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z It made a hissing sound like a snake. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “I am the darkest!” hissed one of the demons. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Then my father hissing as he swallowed the first shot. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He hissed, turning to face her, but before he could react, Adiah charged him from behind, headbutting him so that he went flying back, though he landed on his feet with unnerving ease. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Pantalaimon darted to her breast and became a wildcat, sitting up in her arms and hissing softly as he looked around. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The moment she touched him, Ekon hissed in pain, but she used her other hand to hold him steady. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Joey’s voice hissed in my ear: Say no to your mom. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The sausage bubbled and hissed on the fire. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Snakes slithered out of his collar and wrapped themselves around his face, hissing at me. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Then furious, she hisses, "Very funny. Oh, look, look," she says, her voice dripping bitterness. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He tensed as a second twig snapped, this time behind him, and then he heard a distinct sound, a hissing. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z A train hissed into the station and squealed to a stop. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I nod, fixing my nose cannula, the oxygen hissing noisily out. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z “I’m sure,” I said as the train hissed a steamy sigh. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “How many times do I have to tell you not to mention that unnaturalness under my roof?” he hissed, his face now a rich plum color. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z There was no answer but a soft hiss, as of intaken breath. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The hiss of waves breaking at her ankles is a gentle sigh, as if the sea itself has found lasting contentment. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “I’m not going to choke you,” he hissed, once we were alone at the top of the stairwell. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Suddenly there was a loud pop from the direction of the ambulance, and we all turned to see Miss Peregrine standing by as one of its rear tires hissed air. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Bending low so that only Harry could hear her, she hissed, “You should be expelled for that. I’d never have believed it of you, Harry!” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I hiss in his ear, my rising laughter clear to him. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z "Jason, you may want to shut your mouth for a second," Max hisses. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Enoch hissed at him, but he was wheezing, too, and then he leaned against a tree to catch his breath and the fight seemed to go out of him. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z As Roy went down, he let out an involuntary cry, which was drowned by the loud, gaseous hissing of bus brakes. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The sphere was ten feet away, hissing and spinning as the winds inside began to stir. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Then presently he heard, not far ahead, a hissing murmur. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z And loud clanks and hissing sounds erupted as once again the boat began to move. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Odd vowels, clipped words, and always a hiss on the letter s . . . no wonder it's impossible not to mimic them. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The boat hissed to a halt against the sand. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Radiators clanged and hissed in the drafty hall. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “If Vera needs family there to support her, then I’m sorry, bee, but you just have to accept that she can’t say it—” “She's been with this guy for years!” he loudly hissed at me. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Huge orange gouts of fire unfurled their banners in that hellish wind, the logs hissing and cracking, glowing cinders rising on the smoke to float away into the dark like so many newborn fireflies. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z A steady flow of oxygen hisses out as I twist the knob. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z He hissed through his teeth for a couple of breaths. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z The man chuckles, but it comes out as a hiss. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The drops hissed metal and lavender and evaporated almost instantly. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z The engines let out a hiss of steam. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z She turned her head slightly and hissed at him. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z As I approached it, the hatch irised open with a hiss, and a soft blue light winked on inside. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The snake lifted its ugly triangular head and hissed slightly as the legs of the chair snagged on its rug. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z It has a mournful harping note sometimes, and the very persistence of it, that eternal roll and thunder and hiss, plays a jagged tune upon the nerves. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Poppy got so furious, he actually hissed, and translated his answer for them later. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Dany could hear the distant call of night birds, the hiss and crackle of the torches, the gentle lapping of water from the lake. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She hissed and spat like a cornered animal. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Then it lifted its head, opened its bloody mouth, and hissed at me. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “Why do you have to be so weird, Suzy?” you hiss. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “It has begun,” he said, hissing with pleasure. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Something hisses deep in the building’s belly as though a massive snake is about to strike. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Instead, a small but intense sound filled the air, something like a puppy growl mixed with a kitten hiss. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The sound of the tires on asphalt is like someone hissing low and constant into my ears. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “You can judge me all you want, Alter,” he hissed, leaning in. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The wind began to hiss over the grass. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z In her lap, black Drogon hissed, and pale smoke rose before her face like a veil. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I hissed at her to be quiet, and we rushed out the back doors to meet Dari. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z They were twenty yards from the porch when something hissed in the grass behind them. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z And there were also those hissing cockroaches that had disappeared down a vent. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Then he dipped the iron hissing into his half-barrel of black water. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Would you shut it?” he hissed at Chuck. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The air hissed from between my teeth as the pitiless gaslight shone upon his back. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “Give it here, you little brat!” he hissed at her. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “Did you know there’s a kind of cockroach that hisses?” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z At the pool, firesnakes shot away from me in all directions, bristling, hissing, mysteriously wrought up. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Auk IX took off with a satisfying hiss, but it quickly died and fell with a plop not more than a hundred feet from the pad. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Then she disappeared through the door to bay four and it hissed shut behind her. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “I will end you, boy,” Uncle C hissed. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z That evening, just after supper, the wind rose, and the rain fell down the wide chimney and hissed in the fire. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s a hissing sound as gas shoots into his mouth. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I noted a deliberate change in his accent—the softened hiss of the consonants in his words, the dental chh of West Bengali softening into the sibilant ss of the East. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Mami swings around, a terrified look on her face, and hisses, “Not now!” Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z When Harris persisted in denouncing the Vietnam War, he was hissed into silence by the crowd. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z He took a deep breath and exhaled through his nose, the air hissing through his mustache for what seemed an eternity. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Rows of lathes, mills, shapers, and drill presses whined, ground, and hissed at us as O’Dell and I stepped inside. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He hissed again and tried to dart between her legs. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The ocean looked dead too, dead gray waves hissing mordantly along the beach, which was gray and dead-looking itself. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Dubonnet, Jake, Tom, and Basil threw themselves to the ground while the rocket hissed overhead and then slammed into the road behind, skittering along until it plowed into a muddy ditch. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Celia pounds her hammer on the card table to quiet the spectators, who are hissing and hollering as if it were a boxing match. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She stared at him without entirely seeing him as the ash-gray sky turned into the bleakness of Endovier, and the hiss of the wind became the sighing of slaves. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Cooks dropped fish heads into woks of hissing oil, and urchins threaded their way underfoot searching for unguarded valuables. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Emma closed her hand and the flame hissed out, and we all spun to see a man standing in the doorway, holding a flashlight in one hand and a pistol in the other. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z He gave no sign even when the first ranks of his own squadron hove into sight with their swingless marching and die first stricken gasps of alarm were hissing from his startled fellow officers. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z ‘Tell me, son of Pluto,’ the augur hissed, ‘why are you helping the Greeks? What have they ever done for you?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The serpent-creature coiled again, displaying a blood-red mouth as it hissed at her. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Brave Orchid and her husband and children worked hardest in the afternoon when the heat was the worst, all the machines hissing and thumping. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Tyson picked up a boulder and threw it at the monster, smacking it between the eyes, but the snake just recoiled and hissed. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z His hissing and screeching sounded like demons to Beetle, and she covered her ears. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The air was hissing in my ears and it was snowing just behind my eyes. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Jack himself shrank at this cry with a hiss of indrawn breath, and for a minute became less a hunter than a furtive thing, ape-like among the tangle of trees. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z With a hissing sound the spectral thing opened wide its mouth. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Ten...nine...eight...A bright yellow spark hissed, right at the bridge of skin joining the two halves of the grape. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z A sharp hiss came out of him, and for a second his hand upon Sam’s throat loosened; but his fingers still gripped the sword-hand. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z It hit him and clanged on the floor, but instead of fleeing, the rat hissed at us, as if we were the intruders. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Small Bob the kitten sniffed the broth and hissed. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z As soon as he passed, Runt danced his excitement at seeing Pax, but Bristle curled a lip and hissed. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “That is my son you are discussing,” she hissed at them. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Grover pointed the nozzle in the air and water hissed out in a thick white mist. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “I put on this horrible dress,” she hissed. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z A stomach-churning stench hissed through the narrow gap between the dumpster's lid and rim. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z She swiped at the clinging cat with a tremendous paw; but the cat was too quick for her and with a hiss of fury leaped to the ground and disappeared behind a tree. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It lifted its head, laboriously hissed, and collapsed. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I whipped around, the hiss already coming out of me. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Steam lines had broken, and the steam was hissing out Heat from the fire washed over us. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Punching someone in the face, it turned out, hurt like hell, and she pressed her knuckles against the tiled wall, hissing a little. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “Oh, I’m so sorry,” hissed Hermione, and as she dragged the waitress out of sight of the windows, Harry heard her mutter a suggestion as to where Ron could stick his wand instead. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Wherever they struck, they hissed and burst like clouds of dust, sprinkling the hull with specks of light. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z It hissed near the fires and wouldn’t stop looking at me. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z He was getting lower now and the hisses became sharper and clearer. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Sitting down next to her, he hissed, “My back hurts! I hate this work! I liked the dishwasher better.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z “Did you want to be beautiful?” she hissed. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z The hissing sounds of disbelief were already building into a rumbling of contempt. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Had she imagined that his tongue darted in and out, like that of a snake, when he hissed the word? Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z So when I slipped my headphones over my ears, I turned the music up until bass strings thumped, cymbals hissed, and guitar strings squealed like they were having a conversation with each other. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z In one corner stood a potbellied stove, hissing softly, surrounded by a semicircle of limp boots and draped with wet woollen socks, which steamed foully. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z This time, ready for it, Harry recognized Parseltongue; even while he could understand what was being said, he distinguished the weird hissing noise that was all Ogden could hear. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “Lupita,” he hissed, and he gestured for her to give him the sack of food. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z The crowd shouted and hissed, “He is here! Take him away!” The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z He hissed, pointing at her, “Does this count?” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The ingredients hissed feebly, but it was impressive enough for the dogs to beg to be let out. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z She hissed and growled in her ancient language, but I didn’t need a translation to know she was planning to kill us. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “If you try to throw me out of the League, I will dial up Genevieve von Hapsburg in New York City myself,” I hiss, because I happen to know Genevieve’s Hilly’s hero. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He hissed, revealing a crown of spikes around his neck like a basilisk’s. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Except that the words weren’t what he heard; a strange hissing had escaped him, and at once the tap glowed with a brilliant white light and began to spin. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “My dear child. My very dear child!” said a small, delicate, hissing voice. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z I hear the sounds on the street—car tires through slush, buses braking and hissing as they lower and open doors, boots striking cement, voices talking on cell phones, radio music from a fast truck. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z About fifteen minutes into it, Jam had switched to a booklet about emotional abuse and Redemption was reading one about indicators of child abuse when she heard his breath hiss in a quick intake. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “Shut up,” hissed the owner, pulling the animal’s tail. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z She moved from strand to strand, hissing with pleasure, her four eyes glittering in the dark. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The polecat hissed, its beady red eyes full of malice. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Mark stumbled backward but caught his balance.There were people all around him, hissing, baring their teeth, dancing about on their feet, all wild eyes and hysterical laughter. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z But as they did, savage cries burst from either side of them and there was a sudden hiss of arrows. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Swore and hissed, “Chest! Oh God, my chest is coming apart!” Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Above the hiss of shower heads and the slap of feet on tiles, a high, thin tinkling reached my ears, a sound almost like the tapping of champagne flutes before a toast. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The sucker-cups along its tongue, withered and reeking black smoke, hissed from its flesh. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The iron hisses and spews an angry cloud of steam. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I walked to and from school alone, unable to befriend the sassy girls with budding figures or the boys who leaned against fences and lampposts to hiss and leer. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z That made Genie feel a little better, but he definitely kept his eyes aimed at the ground and listened—listened hard—for that hissing sound. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I hissed in the black of the forest. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Pantalaimon clutched at her, became a wildcat, hissed in hatred, because looking out with curiosity was the beautiful dark-haired head of Mrs. Coulter, with her golden daemon in her lap. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The spirits made muffled hisses as they dissipated, like the air let out of tires. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Biter hissed at her again, displaying a mouthful of yellowed teeth filed into points. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Arthur did not notice it, but I could hear the deep hiss of indrawn breath which is one of Van Helsing’s ways of betraying emotion. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z This girl looks ready to spit and hiss too. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Leopard swished his tail and Python hissed as we stepped inside, but they both kept their eyes locked on Anansi. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The sound of water changed to a chorus of hissing, like ghostly snakes. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Sergio could hear the train getting closer, hissing into the station. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z Inside, the old lantern hissed before the flame flickered to life, just barely. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z David hissed from behind as she whipped through the trees. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z At once, as though somehow aware that he was their last intruder, the mambas hissed loudly in unison, their cold eyes meeting his own like onyx plucked from a starless night sky. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z When they reached the blanket, Jiichan stared at Hanako for a moment—her hair—but then hissed with wide eyes, “Every day we will take some wheat to sell on black market.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z She whipped around, her eyes still panicked, “I don’t know who to trust,” she hissed, then ran out the door, slamming it behind her. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Most battles consisted of lightning guerrilla raids by ad hoc companies in the forest: flash of black-and- yellow-striped bows behind trees, hiss and whip of stone-tipped arrows through the air, eruption of angry cries. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I think even the hissing of the radiator stopped. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z In the silence Harry imagined he could hear the snake hissing slightly as it coiled and uncoiled—or was it Voldemort’s sibilant sigh lingering on the air? Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Outside, the crosstown bus hissed past on the wet street. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Kapasi took his branch and shooed them away, hissing at the ones that remained, stomping his feet to scare them. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z While they were still able to give heed to such things, they could hear his breath hissing and gasping just in front of them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I step out of Mom’s car just as she hisses, “Don’t you dare, Izzy! You get right back into my car!” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Finally, he begins mumbling, but it’s not words, it’s just guttural sounds, faint clicks and hisses. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I know, he hisses, but where in the school? Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z A green mist poured from the mummy’s mouth, coiling over the floor in thick tendrils, hissing like twenty thousand snakes. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Prim just sits on the floor weeping and rocking that awful Buttercup, who interrupts his purring only for an occasional hiss at me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The slow hiss of the rocket as it sped into the air, the burst of the explosion, the stream of little emerald stars. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I stuck out my tongue and hissed at the python as I walked underneath it. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z But at that very moment a hiss escaped its teeth, a gasp of pain or hate. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The first rack of greasy pots and pans slid onto the table, and the dishwasher let out hisses of steam as the rack splashed into the pool of blue water. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The creature’s voice hissed up from the shadows. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “Take these little hyenas to the punishment hut,” hissed the Spirit Medium. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z My angry thoughts hiss and pop like lightning. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Each word was a garbled hiss in multiple tones, as if a swarm of African killer bees had learned to speak English in unison. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It swirled around the Romans with a hissing sound, like a nest of snakes. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “The Lord of the Jungle,” hissed all the snakes in unison, as though the question and the answer were part of a well-known ceremony. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Jack slid away from him, Roger bumped, fumbled with a hiss of breath, and passed onwards. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “When house-elves have decent wages and working conditions!” she hissed back. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He hissed and stomped the ground, but I guess he was well trained to guard that tree. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z On either side of us the cars hissed past; red on the left and white on the right, the lanes encased by thin metal trussing that stretched out from the walkway. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z The three pretty girls giggled and were instantly smothered by the navy-blue eye of the chieftain, backed by a hiss from the patriarch. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The pot boiled and bubbled over a fire which hissed and spat, and she stirred it with a spoon as big as an oak tree. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z The other brains hiss when I get close. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Between the puny pops of Roman candles and the hisses of launching rockets, we could hear the vachettes bitterly lowing from within their nearby trailer. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “You gonna show yourself or just break my window?” she hissed into the darkness. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Things slithered, hissed, and cackled in the great unknown. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z There was stunned silence from my brothers, followed by a rising swell of muttering and hissing. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Balls hissed by, smacking into the trees and cutting holes in the ground. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z “You heard nothing, do you understand me?” he hisses. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The hissing burns my ears, and the reek of roses makes the walls spin. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The doors closed with a hiss, and the bus moved on. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z But when the air brakes hissed their release, he gripped the armrest. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “You really are a complete idiot if you believe that,” Henry hisses, the note balled in his fist. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I hissed and boiled, and my heart felt as if it was going to explode. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The room spills over with sounds of clinking glasses and tumbling dice and whooshing table-lanterns and hissing candles and laughter. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The dragon gave one last hiss and stretched out flat upon his belly. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And after a couple of twists and turns he spun around, anxious, and hissed, “Listen!” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Still, when the train came into view, steam engine hissing, pistons hammering, Fannie picked up her skirts and ran alongside the train cars, shouting at the men inside. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z Flames lick her, and the walls hiss and spit molten plaster. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The cart’s wheels crunched along the gritty path, and sand hissed across the ground in an early-morning breeze. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Plumes of fire thirty and forty feet high danced upon the waters, crackling and hissing. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He gestured toward the black mamba and the mongoose again, and as if cued, the mongoose hissed, baring small, pointed teeth as its amber eyes flashed. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I moved toward him, but he sprang into the air, hissed, and flew under the shack. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Herold, impatient, hissed at him, “Lloyd, for God’s sake, make haste and get those things.” Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The subway raced through the tunnel and then jerked and hissed to a stop. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z Ron hissed as they sat down and slid the door shut, taking the seats farthest away from the window. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “It’s too bad you didn’t figure that out earlier,” I hissed through my teeth. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z That night, my dreams are travels, filled with hisses and whispers. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Facing down her own death, with the hissing of the sea behind her and the night spread out like a cape, she seemed to have grown taller, haughtier. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He hissed, “What were you doing? Where were you?” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z “Yes, it’s just the cat. But he’s hissing. We’d better leave him alone...” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The blood was boiling in it, hissing like snakes. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z He took his last shuddering breath in the bleak black dawn, as cold rain hissed from a dark sky to turn the brick streets of the old city into rivers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "There was hissing, then bang, bang, sparks flying all over the kitchen, red sparks, purple sparks." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z He turned to her again, and then he saw what he was looking for, uttering a soft hiss between his teeth. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Sigurd shoved Kin’s chest, said one more thing in a threatening hiss, and then stormed out the front of the smithy. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “I didn’t ask for this,” she hissed, the words as distinct to my ears as if she’d been in the same room. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “I’ll be speaking to Chief Deacon about you first thing tomorrow,” Mr. Muckle hissed under his breath at the patrolman. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The great snake, disliking the disturbance, opened its mouth wide and hissed angrily, but the Death Eaters did not hear it, so jubilant were they at Bellatrix and the Malfoys’ humiliation. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z She saw the masses of jeering faces, spitting, hissing, and booing as she was tortured. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “Smells what so good, smells what?” the voice hissed again, but the tone wasn’t threatening. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The grass all over the hill hissed even louder, like one giant snake. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The wave hesitated, balanced there, and then hissed back toward the deep water, its tentacles not quite interested enough in me to drag me with it. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Hazel emerged from the kelp forest, escorted by two vicious-looking mermaids, who were baring their fangs and hissing. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Steam hissed up from the surface and collected into clouds a few feet above my head. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “Ron,” he hissed through the dark, “Ron —” Ron woke with a yelp like Fang’s, stared wildly around, and saw Harry. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Mini grabbed the Death Danda and tried to knight Boo, saying “Rise, Sir—” but Boo hissed and fluttered off to a different part of the museum. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z As they rear and hiss and jump at each other you are distracted by the fact that they are both no longer stark white but a perfect ebony black. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z And then I burrow into the blankets, situating the ice against my throbbing knee, a tight breath hissing between my teeth. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z It flew straight down from the sky in drops the size of coffee saucers and hit the hot sidewalks with a hiss that sent clouds of steam writhing up from the gleaming, dark concrete. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z “You said you needed a messenger,” Barry hissed into his cell phone, wincing when it brushed the gauze taped over his split cheek. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He was leaning forward and looking at them and hissing. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z He responded with an irritable hissing and thumping from deep in his burrow, causing me to pull my leg out of there double-quick, despite the pain. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z A hiss, a crash, and I gallop off with the plate clamped against my chest with both hands. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The Doors of Death opened with a hiss. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “What?” she hissed at the Captain of the Guard as he pinched her. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z ‘Gibbets and crows!’ he hissed, and they shuddered at the hideous change. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z "I will let you pass if you agree to bring me the ears of horrible Haiyi's old mother," the enormous snake hissed. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I hissed, “Shut up, Sully,” and elbowed him viciously in the short ribs. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Ethyne’s voice was somewhere between a bellow and a hiss. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The Sisters were all venom and slither and hiss. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z There was a brief hiss and a thin line of smoke rose from the black glass. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He pressed a button, and El Monstruo vibrated to life, hissing angrily like we’d woken it up from a nice nap. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The hissing sprinklers are actually snakes in disguise, and he’s training them to eat all the neighborhood pets—which makes some twisted sense, because I’ve heard him complaining about barking dogs. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Mom hisses, “Apologize to me now, or we’re walking out of this store and you can go to school with nothing.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z He gave a thin hissing shriek, and seemed to be both frightened and angry. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “The bad cat was outside my window last night,” he informed Kevan at one point, “but Ser Pounce hissed at him and he ran off across the roofs.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I took six steps—was it six? It might’ve been seven—to the left when I heard it, the loud hiss, like all the air being let out of a big tire.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z They were silent, listening to the stretching and groaning of the timbers, the hissing of the wind in the sails. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The shells begin to hiss like safety-valves—heavy fire— "Take cover!” yells somebody—"Cover!” All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Sergeant Hicks said in a malefic whisper that seemed to hiss out of his bowels. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The last word came as a hiss and a snarl and the golden doors of the locket swung wide with a little click. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Tendai heard water slosh and scatter a few hissing drops over the coals. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Then, while he was looking at it, the stream of hissing silver struck it and whirled it off the tank, out of sight. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The way he said the word, hissing it, sneering it, made her feel sick. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The snake hissed, flames billowing from its mouth. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “My son,” she hissed in a dry voice. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z I stare at the closed door, my lungs heaving up and down as I struggle to catch my breath, everything silent except for the hiss of my oxygen and the pounding of my heart. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z “Don’t talk about that,” Bast hissed in his ear. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Ekon ran along the other side, surprised to hear the beast hiss in pain as it recoiled. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z A second later he heard an actual hissing rumble that at first meant nothing to him. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Mama Oji hissed loudly and then continued to pound palm fruit in her mortar. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Air hisses between my teeth, and I look away. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z He’d poke and poke and poke—standing at a distance, of course; he wasn’t stupid—until the snake raised its head and hissed, or whatever snakes did. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Flames curl and hiss in a stone fireplace, even though it's the end of the warm months. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z If she stopped for longer than a minute or two, Kekrops and his guards started hissing and looking angry. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He listened and heard only the cricking heat and the hiss of distance. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z He stood shaking and gibbering to himself, until with a rush the wind came upon them, hissing and snarling over the marshes. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “What those other people can and cannot do and frankly,” she hiss, “I think it’s downright pigheaded of you. To think you know better than our government? Than Ross Barnett?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Her spatula moved like a striking snake and the hot cakes settled their white sides hissing on the soapstone. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The last words Ragear ever heard on this earth were uttered in the adder’s sibilant hiss. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The giant snake hisses and bares it fangs, its beady yellow eyes glaring. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z The rusty radiator hissed at the far end of the room. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Air came hissing from the head just as fire began to fork from the other one. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z Even here, in the presence of his teacher's spirit, Pong felt those old words of the Governor hissing in his ear. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The scent of metal fanned out as it hissed through the cold air. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z We hear it, slapping harsh, hissing, hitting like cement. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z The fire sputtered at first, but as it found the drier branches it hissed and crackled then whooshed up in a ball of yellow fire. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Declaration stuck her face so close to mine, I could see the downy hairs on her cheeks—and then she hissed: “No! They don’t say it’s odd! They say it’s stupid!” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The drakon hissed and reared back to strike, but I rolled aside. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The hot iron hissed and when he raised it, he saw that half of the sock was glued to it. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z There was a gas heater which hissed companionably. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z In a low and deadly hiss, she said, “I should have saved a different baby.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z And then he heard something else—the sound of a snake hissing. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Fires hiss in corners, seeking something to devour. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z The welcome hiss of wind washes in, or maybe it’s the sea and the wind, her ears unable to unbraid the two. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Just when Matt began to think the man wasn’t going to say anything else, Senator Mendoza hissed, “You can count on one thing: You will never ... ever ... see my daughter again.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I questioned the hissing fires, Florence knows all the answers! Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Dumbledore’s been driven out of this castle by the mere memory of me!” he hissed. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “I just don’t understand why this younger generation can’t just respect the process,” he said, and that was met with a number of boos and hisses. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The children got quiet—so quiet I could hear the coal hissing. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Nurse Hickey is a hissing five out of five leaky air-conditioning units on the Ryan Dean West Global Hotness Scale. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Drink,” I hissed in his ear as loud as I could in my dry voice. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He sighed, the sharp exhale like the hiss of the plants all around. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Peeta’s programmed to respond to the hissing chorus, to join in the hunt. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z More hissing, scuffling, and feral moans—like giant alley cats fighting. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z A Bunsen burner’s hissing blue flame was making a round-bottomed bottle full of purple goop burble and bubble. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z This time the easel shook and the weapons began to hiss. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I should’ve been born, hissed Unborn Twin, not you, you cow. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Waves thundered against the rocks, throwing spray into the air and falling back with a hiss. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z He stirred the hissing bacon around with a fork. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It was hissing, its front half writhing in all different directions. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The ghosts retreated with a collective hiss at the sight of my celestial bronze blade. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Mary Lou tried to remain silent, but her shoulder hurt and a small hiss escaped. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z They clasped again, and one of them hissed, “I have so much longed for...” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z In the hiss and flare of steam, he felt the atoms finally settle together, and he knew that the knife was as keen as before, the point as infinitely rare. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “Have you gone mad?” the woman hissed, first rolling her eyes at her partner, then flashing a miserable, conciliatory smile at the children. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Little percussive hisses of music were leaking from his ears. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z But in a little while he stopped suddenly and sniffed the air doubtfully, hissing as if he was troubled or displeased again. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He bucked on the bed, and hissed through his clenched teeth. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The lantern began to hiss as Lord Asriel pumped it hard. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The doors hissed closed and the train lurched forward. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z For the love of God will you come on, he hissed. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z I slashed up with my sword, heard a sickening shlock!, then a hiss like wind rushing out of a cavern—the sound of a monster disintegrating. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I stood in the deserted street until I could no longer hear the sound of the motor, only the hiss of the powdery snow that the wind kicked up in little eddies on the ground. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I shrugged, and she hissed, “I’m not staying in this house and playing marbles with Peach Pit all afternoon!” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The second monkey struggled and hissed, trying to lift the stone, but it could no more move it than it could move the moon. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Crookshanks stood up on Blacks leg and made a soft hissing noise. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z He started out too high, and Hussey, who was accompanying him on the banjo, kept hissing, “Lower! Lower!” Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z There is a splash and a hiss, and she smells smoke and steam. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Their dark withered plumes bent and tossed in the light cold airs, hissing softly and sadly. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z And, of course, as soon as she sat down she heard a voice hissing behind her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z When I came to his nose, he let out a sharp hiss, but he didn’t try to twist away until I brushed his swollen split lip. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He was just about to say something when the crowd fell silent and Bruce’s voice filled the room like the amplified hiss of a snake. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z But she was still clearheaded enough to hiss down to Joe: “Did you say you had string and rubber bands and Lego? And smoke bombs? I really want those smoke bombs! I’ve got a plan!” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Then it sprang up and hissed as a guy stuck his head up from inside the dumpster, waving a wedge of old pizza. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z But if they halted and stood still listening, they heard no more, nothing but the wind sighing over the edges of the stones — yet even that reminded them of breath softly hissing through sharp teeth. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “I thought there weren’t any cuts after stage two,” I hiss. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Then she dropped a pat of butter into a frying pan, where it hissed and fizzled and spun as she sliced thin slices of cheese. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z This was where the island snakes spent their mornings, rolling their tight, smooth bodies in the warmth and hissing pleasantly. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z His voice lowered to a hiss that merged with the lantern’s struggling flame. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The right record is on the turntable now; she can hear its preparatory hiss as the needle slides toward its first groove. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Breakfast was the usual excitable affair next morning; the Slytherins hissed and booed loudly as every member of the Gryffindor team entered the Great Hall. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z So I pull harder, and the mask falls into my hands with a hiss. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z A few of the others do the same thing, hissing “coward” into Tobias’s ears and then continuing on their way. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z She drew out the last word in a hiss. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z She felt light-headed as her blood drained from her, making a slight hissing sound when it struck the mixture in the clay pot. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Cascades of dust hiss out of the ceiling. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Only a hissing roar came from the loudspeaker. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Later, when she listened to the hoot of an eagle owl, the hiss of a genet, and the hrrr-hrrr grunt of a foraging honey badger, she didn’t feel quite as confident. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “I said I would! ” my mother hissed under her breath. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “Balderdash. Is this because I hissed at that odorous dog?” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z It was smelly and very noisy because the occupants of these cages were all squeaking, squawking, jabbering, or hissing. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The cook puts something on the griddle and it hisses. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z “Oh, well, hey, as long as I’m making your job easier,” I hiss through my teeth. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z For days afterward, the skeleton of the McCulloms’ burned-out town house continued to hiss and cave in on itself, dying far more slowly than its young occupants had. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Then I realized the thing had multiple necks—at least seven, each topped with a hissing reptilian head. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z I try to listen to Willie’s confession when he goes in but all I can hear is a hissing from the priest and when Willie comes out he’s crying. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The other two afternoons I usually spent wandering through art galleries, mostly on Fifty-seventh Street, where I did all but hiss at the American entries. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z For a while, Sasha’s roommate was a man in a medically-induced coma who was hooked up to a breathing machine that hissed and thumped in a rhythmic pattern. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The radiator pipes clang and there’s a hiss. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z This was exactly what no one would have expected, and of course villains were not announced with hisses or soliloquies, they did not come cloaked in black, with ugly expressions. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The hiss of walkie-talkie static punctured the stillness. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The hag hissed in outrage, and Tyrion got a lick of the whip across his back, a stinging cut that drove him to his knees. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He concentrated on getting his own pronunciation right, not wanting to pass on to her his Shanghainese hiss. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He heard an outraged hiss, answered by two more hisses farther downhill. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “If we don’t keep ahead of them we’ll be up to our shins in it,” she hissed nervously. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The kitten landed on the ground in front of his master, then arched his back and hissed at the lord of the abyss. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I heard her hiss “Lucky” once after I scored. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Rose hissed like a recoiling snake, her hand reaching to cover RiRi’s eyes in anticipation of Miig dancing an electric jig, sizzling like a piece of frying meat. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Nearly everywhere there was the hiss of little campstoves, threads of rising food smoke, and the movements of lanky young people. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z No, he didn’t just say it, he hissed it at me. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z It took nearly a minute to connect, the line hissing and clicking, going quiet, then hissing again, so that I could feel every mile of the vast distance my call was spanning. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The leaves seemed to hiss above their heads with a sound of pain and anger. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The guy in the Nazi parachute screamed as he floated down in flames and landed in the water with a loud hiss. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z How the sh hissed as it passed her lips, how darkly the sound of the o formed in her mouth. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Two fire engines arrived hissing steam, their crews ready to blast the pipelayers with water. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Mist still swirled around Hazel, hissing as it met the giant’s black smoke. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She started to say something more, when a hissed warning sliced through the trees. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z A snowy owl clapped his beak and hissed. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Well out of MacDuff’s reach, he arched his back and hissed at the dog. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z My ears rang with faint noises I couldn’t place—crackling and hissing, the groan of wood, indistinct voices that sounded like screaming but were so far away they might as well have been whispers. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Finally a hiss sound started getting louder and louder and I knew we weren’t too far away. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z When he walks away, Yolanda sort of hisses at me, “That was rude.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Whenever the marten's chain got caught up somewhere Farid would rush to free him, even if Gwin only hissed at him in return and snapped at his fingers. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z We did not have to be told; but as Corporal Craigie hissed, we lowered our muzzles—and, his signal given, fired. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “I had thought you might be different and funny,” Dorian hissed at Ignatius. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z "I say again what I said before," he hissed. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z If I said that to Bas, he would have put his hands out in fake kitty claws, hissing and pretending to paw at the air until I laughed. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The house settled into an eerie postmortem quiet broken only by the hiss of gas lamps and the weary tick of clocks. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Lyra heard the snap of metal clips and a hiss as air rushed into a vessel, and then there was a silence. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Apa throws down his paper with an angry hiss and walks back to the bedroom. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z It smoldered and hissed—a thick smoke drifted over her platform—but it would burn slowly. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He made the ancient sign of warding off evil - three fingers thrust out from the heart - and the ghost of Beryl Grace disappeared with a soft hiss, like a sigh of relief. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The bus turned down the street and stopped with a hiss of compressed air in front of the Trailways station. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z That hiss, faint as it was, irritated the irascible gentleman, and sealed the culprit’s fate. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Curse you, you filthy little vermin!’ he hissed. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I thought I heard the thing hiss at me from high above as I turned away. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Glass Glasses All day I practice squeezing hisses through my teeth. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z An hour later the horses had been rubbed down and fed, the fire was crackling away merrily, and a haunch of a young goat was turning above the flames, spitting and hissing. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Pet hissed in a long, satisfied breath, but Jam didn’t want to talk about the next step of the hunt. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Cooling down after its long drive, the car ticked and hissed and settled contentedly on its frame. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Instead there was a hissing sound and a shriek like metal grinding against metal. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Three cats hiss from the relative safety of their cages. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z I could hear my breath sucking in through the filters and hissing out through the mask’s exhaust ports. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I listened through the canvas as she whispered long hours with His Lordship, though words I could not divine, merely the hissing sibilants of collusion and intimacy. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z There it was still, so that they could hear the voices of people up in the town, and a bell ringing, and only far off the hiss and roaring of the storm. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z I could tell she thought it was cool, because her eyebrows went up on her face as soon as I said that about the hissing. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z The one-eared black tom arched his back and hissed at her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The little sea water pump whirred softly and the needles of driven water hissed into the tanks forcing lines of bubbles under the surface. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The snake lady made a hissing noise that might’ve been laughter. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I stare at them, fascinated by the transformation, when the hissing registers. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “It’s your fault that this door is broken,” Dorian hissed at the deranged mariner. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The dwarfs were herded off, pig and dog and all, as the spectators hissed their disapproval and pelted them with stones and rotten fruit. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “We have to get out of here now,” I hissed. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The water was surging at the foot of it, and when he shoved it open, he found the kitchen already flooded—the fire in the range hissing and steaming, the floor awash. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The train, battered like a bruised fighter, hissed in the sidings. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Down the hall, at the guards’ station, a warder twists the knobs of the wireless back and forth but finds only hiss and crackle. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The bird hissed savagely and tried to strike, but still it did not move. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The fire popped and hissed, buckling under a steady stream of water from a nearby hose. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “He’s white,” hissed another one of the boys. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Viper greeted Gran at the front door with a high-pitched howl, and me with a seething hiss. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z I covered the receiver, hissed, “I’m talking to Hilly, Mother—” “In the pantry? You’re like a teenager again—” “I mean—” Missus Stein let out a sharp tsk. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “That is not your concern,” her father’s voice hisses, closer to her ear than she would like. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z What is this? the god of the pit hissed. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z And a book entitled What to Expect When You’re Reincarnated from a Cockroach arched its spine and hissed at a bookmark. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Ron hissed at Hermione as she stared down at the article. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z She took several steps back and hissed, “You know Mr. Cofield? Did he send you?” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Encanis hissed, his voice like the rasp of stone on stone. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He thrashed wildly in the darkness, the bed groaning under him and the sheets hissing as he fought against them. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Even farther in, the silence was broken by a cacophony of strange sounds—the skittering of rats; hissing steam; the hollow, recurring tap of pipes, like the desperate scratching of a premature burial. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z ‘Why are you waiting? What is the matter with you?’ said Gimli in a hissing whisper. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “Kit, for heaven’s sake,” Nat hissed in an exasperated whisper, “get away from this place! Quick!” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z But, instead, there would be a hiss and a small cloud of deadly smallpox vapor would be released into the crowded room. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z The breastplate hissed like a cat as he dipped it in the cold water. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Kill me, and that is the future you will face,” hissed the Sleeper. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “The whole thing is not worthy of denial,” he hissed, “excepting that it is so vicious that it cannot be overlooked.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Every so often the line would hiss upward, slacken, and then a tremendous splash could be heard in the distance. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The only sound was the crackle and hiss of the log burning in the hearth at the end of the long, drafty common room. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The brakes hiss and scream, metal on metal, and the train stops. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z “Behind you, Lee,” Hester said, and he whipped around, diving, as an arrow hissed over his shoulder. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She rounded on Ron, Hermione, and Bill as though they were being noisy, and hissed, “Did you hear? He needs quiet!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “What did you do, you buffoon?” she hissed. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z A hiss and the stench of exhaust announced the arrival of the bus. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Didn’t I tell you to keep quiet, blabbermouth?” he hissed. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z They ate their soup and bread in silence while the kettle on the woodstove hissed. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Then the crowd quieted and there was no sound but the soft hiss and crack of the whip being loosened behind me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Don’t you ever touch that kid again,” Pollard hissed. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z We gave the mummified, hissing bundle to Charles. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Once she insisted that the devil had taken the form of a hoop snake with its tail in its mouth, and had rolled after her down the mountain, hissing that it would claim her soul. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Hands yanked him down in time, the bullet skidding off the rock and into the gravel with a sharp hiss. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z She turned to Aru and hissed, “I don’t know your last name!” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z By then a second flight was on its way, and arrows were falling as well, hissing down from the archers' nests that studded the towers above. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Across the street a neighbor’s sprinklers come on, hissing loud enough to drown out the ticking of the clock. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “Now!” she hissed into his ear, and gave him a push. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The fanning even pursued Milton into his Oldsmobile, which began to make a soft hissing from the radiator. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “She’s on our side! She is, she is,” hissed the shapes, whisking them through the door. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z She held a microphone in her hand and hissed into it, "Sit-t-t-t down!" The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z His black eyes showed a glint of satisfaction, especially when Pantalaimon slid out of Lyra’s anorak to bare his white ermine teeth in a hiss. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z He clutched at his arm, hissing and spitting like an angry cat. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Then Primus spat into the embers, which hissed lazily. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z The commuter train hissed its brakes and screech-squealed to a stop. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I loved the scratching sound of the match against the sandpapery brown strip when I struck it, and the way the flame leaped out of the red- coated tip with a pop and a hiss. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “The past is the key to the now,” he went on, and the jaguar hanging behind him hissed. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z He let out a hiss of disgust and let the tip of the dagger drop an inch or two. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z I watched Better Joe’s gyrations in the mask, while all around him stood back and watched his hissing. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z They hissed and swished their tails like they knew something was up. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z She hissed as her body gave a collective, miserable throb of pain. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The yellow smoke hissed from the dragon's nostrils: that was his laughter. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Spike puts on the record, and the crackle and hiss of the needle in the grooves sounds like a fire. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I heard some hissing and hooting from the crowd outside the trailer. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Outside the hum of the room, the hissing becomes more distinct. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z At this Gollum’s fear and agitation became so great that he spoke again, hissing behind his hand, as if to keep the sound from unseen listeners in the air. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The snakelike hiss of cold metal being rubbed with a polishing cloth. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z From behind a bush came a hiss of pain. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “How are you still alive?” he hissed, slashing his knife at me. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z All three of the Gaunts seemed to have forgotten Ogden, who was looking both bewildered and irritated at this renewed outbreak of incomprehensible hissing and rasping. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “Don’t stand there, idiot. Do something,” Mr. Remora hissed. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Hundreds of snakes slithered right above me, hissing like laughter. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Then there’s a soft hiss, followed by a ripping noise. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Singe hisses, his sharp teeth grazing my ear. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Prosper hissed as an ink-black head of hair popped through the door. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z “Did she tell you that?” he hisses at her. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I gave my kite to the wind, which took it with a hiss, and I thought of Blanca and let out more string. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “I said, shut up” he hissed through his teeth. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The giant snake lifted its head slightly and opened its mouth, exposing two long white fangs a moment as it hissed. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z A jet of steam had hissed out of the camera. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z A steady, hissing rain had turned the ground to clinging mud. birds sang. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Next to me, Katherine grabs my arm and tries to pull me down, hissing at me under her breath. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z "Then die!" the snake hissed, and it seized Ku-Ang with its knifelike teeth, lifted him up into the sky, and flung him away with all its might. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z One or two of the wizards barely repressed a shudder as the hissing grew louder; something heavy could be heard sliding across the floor beneath the table. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “Give you five baskets, give you?” he hissed. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z But now the train was pulling in, hissing steam, so that was her last word. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z It was the scream of light from the big bang, stretched and distorted into a whisper's hiss. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z It wasn’t the hissing of the radiator or my little brother talking in his sleep in the other bed, it was the idea of not playing ball that was bouncing crazylike through my head. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z A beagle scrambling to his feet to start his yipping yowl, answered a few seconds later by fire truck sirens and an angry woman hissing, “Sammy! Bad dog! Hush now!” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z She hissing in a whisper so Miss Leefolt don’t hear her. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z His mother had set a soup kettle full of snow on the woodstove; it hissed and snapped as Ishmael shut the door behind him. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Then he heard Riddle’s hissing voice: “Kill him.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z I go to confession and they hiss that I’m not in a proper spirit of repentance, that if I were I’d give up this hideous sin. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He hissed and lunged at me, but one slice of Riptide, and he exploded into dust. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Her voice took on the spittle-flying hiss normally reserved for the word vengeance. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The airlock's on its side, and I can hear a steady hiss. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z My ear reached out hundreds of miles through the hissing static. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Keep it and choke,” he hissed at me in a low voice. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Rumbling and hissing, eighty vibro-vacuum massage machines were simultaneously kneading and sucking the firm and sunburnt flesh of eighty superb female specimens. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The only sound was the eggs being cracked and then, slowly, the hiss of the pan. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z My pounding heartbeat stamps out the noise of our footsteps and the hiss of the dungeon-lanterns. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The door was partly open, and just as I came up to it, the hissing started up again with a new intensity. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “You think I want to go back to Endovier?” she hissed. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Maybe the demons had good reason, because as I watched, the felines' hisses and purrs deepened into rumbling growls and they grew bigger, becoming...big cats. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He followed how the boy clicked his tongue like a snare, and timed his crisp hisses like sticks on brass hi-hats. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z The needle scratched and hissed in an endless loop, but Albert didn’t move. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Harry felt oddly separate from everyone around him, whether they were wishing him good luck or hissing “We’ll have a box of tissues ready, Potter” as he passed. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Something was now climbing slowly, and its breath came like a soft hissing through closed teeth. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z They reached a bridge and, with a hiss, the snake slithered away. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Into the Object’s face, into her ears he kept hissing and croaking. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Then silence while Violet drank tea and listened to the hissing iron. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Below them, the last stone ring turned and settled with a deep pneumatic hiss. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z And so she barked with foxes and sang with birds and hissed with snakes. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Then a door which opened by means of a large wheel; a hiss of air, and a brilliantly lit chamber with dazzling white tiles and stainless steel. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “You know, you does real act as if you weren’t there when all this happen first time,” she hissed. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Upon seeing the wild dogs, Diko hissed, his multicolored scales rippling as he eyed them. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z When the propellant hissed down to completion, Mom’s bathroom scale was scattered all over the pad. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Foaly hauled the door across until the suction ring took hold, sealing the portal with a pneumatic hiss. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z There were even a few dragons, though these were small ones, which lived under stones and could hiss like a kettle. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Quick! In the closet!” hissed Harry, stuffing Dobby in, shutting the door, and flinging himself onto the bed just as the door handle turned. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “No, wait—” said Will, before Sir Charles could speak, but Lyra ran around the desk, and from nowhere Pantalaimon was in her arms, a snarling wildcat baring his teeth and hissing at the old man. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He tried to pick it up, and it hissed at him. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, hush up,” she hissed, and he chuckled. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The fetterlings hissed in anger, and I could barely control my movements now, but I had enough energy left for one last command. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The sound echoed loudly off the shiny surfaces, but the heavy door had hissed shut; she could scream and scream forever, and not a sound would escape. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z When she speaks again, her voice has become an urgent hiss: He is here. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The bald one opened his mouth and hissed like some immense white lizard. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She attended another women's rights convention in New York City in 1853, where a number of men in the audience tried to disrupt the speakers by shouting and hissing. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Somehow she yelled and hissed it at the same time. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z It makes a hissing sound as if the air is slowly escaping. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “Little Miss Tattletale here was going to call Mamá,” Delia hissed through clenched teeth. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z When it rains the tires hiss on the street and when there’s a real rain with the wind blowing sometimes you can hear it against the tin sign over Billy’s bicycle shop. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z “Come on, Riccio, you know we never remember the stupid password,'' Prosper grumbled angrily. Hornet stepped up to the door and hissed. “Do you see these bags in my hands, Hedgehog? The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z She was able to produce a credible smile, and pretend—she hoped—that she was fine, while inside her very spirit hissed with outrage, and with shock that Minya would go so far. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Start reading, will you, little witch!” she hissed. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z An audible hiss of disbelief arose from the pilots of 234 every time he assaulted a beer. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I growled and snarled and hissed and snorted. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Dry reeds hissed and rattled though they could feel no wind. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Their breathing was heavy and I could hear one of them hissing, trying not to cry. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Powders to turn fire green or blue or silver, powders to make a flame roar and hiss and leap up higher than a man is tall, powders to make smoke. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He tended to hum cheery scraps of Vivaldi when his work was going well; when it was not going well, he hissed softly through the thicket of his mustache. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “I will not be outranked by a Stiff,” he hisses, his face so close to mine I can smell his stale breath. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Again he released the mike but heard nothing but the hissing of noise in the head-set. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z He was just telling everyone to look at the perfect way Malfoy had stewed his horned slugs when clouds of acid green smoke and a loud hissing filled the dungeon. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z There was a faint hiss, a noisome smell went up, the lights flickered and danced and swirled. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Nox, standing beside her, hissed as Cain shoved into Grave and sent him staggering back. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z With a nasty hiss, the grass withered and smoked. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Arrows hissed past his ear and clattered off the rocks. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “The only place you’re going is to prison!” the Station Inspector hissed. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z As I raised the blind, and the morning sunlight flooded the room, I heard the Professor’s low hiss of inspiration, and knowing its rarity, a deadly fear shot through my heart. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Gas hissed through the hole, and the sleigh began to spin. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He couldn’t help the hiss that escaped his lips, and the blood that poured all over the counter and floor. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z "Sit down, Sunny," she hisses, and after one look at Baba's face, I do. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Steam hissed out his nostrils like from a teakettle, and he went cross-eyed with pleasure. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “How dare he talk to me like that,” he hissed. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z His eyes, filled with anger and disgust, were fixed on the wretched creature as he now began to move again, still whispering and hissing to himself. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Mom shakes her fist and hisses that one. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I missed it, but when the rock rustled through the branches, the gray cat dropped low to the ground, arched its back, and hissed. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Moments later, the few that were brave enough to remain flee with wrathful hisses. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “Go to your room. I don’t want to see you until tomorrow,” she hissed. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I landed at the feet of a skeleton warrior, who hissed. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The bus hisses at the curb where I’m waiting, and the doors swing open. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Its wick emitted a gentle hiss and soft yellow light as a tiny petal of flame danced inside its glass hexagon. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “I’m paying you fifty dollars for this,” Miles hissed, turning toward the bed. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “Sometimes. It’s important. To make a big deal,” I hiss. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z But this real ocean is a giant snake that never stops hissing. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The hissing of the torches frightened me, but I took courage from my father. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The word dragged and hissed out of her mouth. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z “Lupita, get your head down,” Salvador hissed, as he ducked his head out of sight below the turret. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z “The world today is in a state of grave unrest,” Ignatius screamed against the mewing and hissing. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Three men dragged an ammunition cart through the mob of bodies, hissing to waken the sleeping. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The flames crackled and hissed when they shook the snow from their clothes. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z About twenty feet behind the goddess, the ice sphere began to crack and hiss. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z And the cat would stand his ground, hissing back in response to her shouts. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “The second thing I learned when you lied to me,” hissed the snake to Baugi, who stood, astonished, holding the auger like a weapon, “was that you would betray me.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z The hearth fire hissed and popped in the silence that fell after my question, and the Paqo’s face was filled with new lines that spoke of sadness. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Then we could hear the hissing of gas from the broken pipes, like dozens of angry snakes, and people, trapped inside the mounds, began calling. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z "What are you still doing here?" he hisses at me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “I’m not going to demean myself and, what...make myself over to appease your insecurities,” she hissed, her voice rising to a yell before she regained her composure. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z The Mallister bowmen sent a storm at fire arrows hissing across the river, strangely beautiful from afar. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Holly cranked open the heavy door, the rubber seal yielding with a hiss. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Mama Duck hiss and snort and cluck and quack up a blue streak. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “If you want to see some real devils then all you have to do is stay here!” she hissed at the boy as she pushed her way past him. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Pima let out her breath in a slow hiss. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t say anything about any of this to my mom,” Natalie hissed to Chess, Emma, and Finn as she turned to lock the front door. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Not deep, but I gritted my teeth and bit back a hiss of pain. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z "Capricorn will kill your father if he doesn't get that book!" hissed Dustfinger. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Nico’s ghost hissed, “My lord, the soul exchange! Ask him about that!” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z She heard sausages hissing in the kitchen, saw her brother’s collection of sports magazines on the livingroom table, smelled the bittersweet odor of Calpurnia’s hairdressing. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “I wouldn’t make book on that,” the agent hissed sarcastically. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead of surging over the bulwarks and exploding in the captain’s face, it ricocheted off the ship’s side and went straight into the Pacific, where it died with a hiss. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z There was an eternal hissing of steam, the deep grunting of steel engines, and the tolling of bells. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z A matchstick hissed, and a glow appeared on the guard’s boot. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “You may choose nine stones from my hoard,” he said at last, his voice hissing and whining in his long jaws. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z “Percy!” hissed Ron, pulling Harry behind a large stone griffin. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “Scabbers, keep still,” Ron hissed, clamping his hand over his chest. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The silence hissed in her ears and her vision was faintly distorted—her hands in her lap appeared unusually large and at the same time remote, as though viewed across an immense distance. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He loved the boiling fat’s crackling hiss that cooked his fries and funnel cakes. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z “Letting him escape is even worse than killing him,” the tsar hissed. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z It just missed Grandma’s lap and fell hissing between her and me. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z At the same exact time someone banged a drum one terrible boom, and a flash of red and yellow powder exploded and popped and hissed all ’long the front of the stage. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Rain squalls pelted them, hissing into the waves. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z I lie there resting in the steaming grass, the old lake hissing and gurgling behind me, whispering patterns of words my sanity resists. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Momma’s voice got strange, hissing like a snake. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z As he yelled the snake fell, hissing wildly. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I heard the cats in the back hissing and the adoption center dogs barking danger barks. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z The creature no longer hissed, and it made no attempt to bite him. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z The receiver hissed with an impatient sigh, then the researcher went on. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Papá made a sharp hissing sound like a rattlesnake to get their attention. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z When her fingers made contact with the stone, she hissed in a breath. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She heard the soft footfalls of a sentry, men turning in restless sleep, Rorge's rattling snores, and the queer hissing sound that Biter made when he slept. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Lili could hear the whispers of the market women, their hisses and swearing as their sandals dug into the sharp-edged rocks on the road. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z The action made the chupacabras arch his back like a cat and he hissed again. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z "It is the Ginseng Boy!" the woman hissed. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z He shook his head and shrieked and clawed and hissed, but he was blind, so he couldn’t see us. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Human-sized imps were spilling out of the front doorway, shaking their fists and hissing at the incoming fairies. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z She could hear more clearly than ever the immense singing hiss and swish of vast intangible forces. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z We fanned out across the hissing black field, picking up charred insects. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z They gripped the rock, hissing as if it were scalding hot, but they began to climb. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z It hissed and foamed, but didn’t seem very hurt. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “Are you two trying to ruin my life?” she hisses at Dad and me. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z The waves trickle and hiss across its smooth wet surface. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z There was a hissing sound, like balloons inflating. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z "Then go and catch them, Harry!" hissed the mother. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z A serving girl hissed at me to go back to the kitchen. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The puncture must have happened only seconds before—Maddie could still hear the air hissing out of the inner tube. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “As I expected,” he murmured, with that hissing inspiration of his which meant so much. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z A patch of sunlight has broken through the clouds, and I can hear the hiss of the ice melting. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The school cranked the heat up a notch and the radiator’s hissing got louder. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Jesper hissed as a bullet whizzed by his cheek, close enough to leave a burn. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “See you later, alligator,” he called as the door hissed shut. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember thinking he must be part reptile, because his voice came out of him like a hiss. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I heard the clattering, hissing sounds of skeletons as they came closer. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z There was a sudden hissing noise from behind the stage. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z "Really, this is quite out of the ordinary," she hisses. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z |
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