| 单词 | hissing |
| 例句 | 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 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 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 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 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 A hissing, clattering noise I recognized all too well. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Then he dipped the iron hissing into his half-barrel of black water. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 “It has begun,” he said, hissing with pleasure. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z 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 It makes a hissing sound as if the air is slowly escaping. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z 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 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 “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 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 She pulled randomly at straps until the garment made a hissing sound and dropped to the ground. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The sound of water changed to a chorus of hissing, like ghostly snakes. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Peeta’s programmed to respond to the hissing chorus, to join in the hunt. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z 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 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 He smiled, and the whip snaked down at the pyre, hissing. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z There’s the sound of a hissing exhale, weight shifting. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z 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 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 Mist still swirled around Hazel, hissing as it met the giant’s black smoke. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z 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 Rain squalls pelted them, hissing into the waves. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 I think even the hissing of the radiator stopped. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I nod, fixing my nose cannula, the oxygen hissing noisily out. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z 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 We fanned out across the hissing black field, picking up charred insects. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 His beak opened, and he made a sharp hissing sound, as if in warning. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 He stirred the hissing bacon around with a fork. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “My dear child. My very dear child!” said a small, delicate, hissing voice. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z And the cat would stand his ground, hissing back in response to her shouts. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z We hear it, slapping harsh, hissing, hitting like cement. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 The school cranked the heat up a notch and the radiator’s hissing got louder. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The snake lady made a hissing noise that might’ve been laughter. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The hissing of the torches frightened me, but I took courage from my father. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 If only there hadn't been his father's unbearable hissing! The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 In an instant, the hissing, burning gas vapor lit the grotesque scene. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 The snake fought frantically, making hissing sounds that shattered the silence of the desert. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 Hundreds of snakes slithered right above me, hissing like laughter. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z 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 Papá made a sharp hissing sound like a rattlesnake to get their attention. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Even his snake feet looked angry, baring their fangs and hissing. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z 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 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 Instead there was a hissing sound and a shriek like metal grinding against metal. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Then silence while Violet drank tea and listened to the hissing iron. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 It took a long time, and not just because of the scowling and the hissing. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 He was leaning forward and looking at them and hissing. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 Lightning stirred the water into a boiling cauldron, steaming and hissing with electricity. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The way he said the word, hissing it, sneering it, made her feel sick. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z 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 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 clutched at his arm, hissing and spitting like an angry cat. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “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 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 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 The sound of the tires on asphalt is like someone hissing low and constant into my ears. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 It made a hissing sound like a snake. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 With a hissing sound the spectral thing opened wide its mouth. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z 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 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 “Oh no,” Dr. Maris said, hissing as if she knew how painful it was. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 The air was hissing in my ears and it was snowing just behind my eyes. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The bus door opened with a hissing psst, like it was telling a secret. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z They heard the wind hissing among the rocks and trees, and there was a howling and wailing round them in the empty spaces of the night. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z 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 A steady, hissing rain had turned the ground to clinging mud. birds sang. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 There was a hissing sound, like balloons inflating. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Again he released the mike but heard nothing but the hissing of noise in the head-set. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 The blade followed, hissing like an adder Taran felt it sting across his back. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z 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 I followed the hissing and spitting sounds of Medusas hair. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z 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 Fountains erupt in glittering sparks, hissing softly as they stand stationary on the ground. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z We gave the mummified, hissing bundle to Charles. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z At the pool, firesnakes shot away from me in all directions, bristling, hissing, mysteriously wrought up. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z “As I expected,” he murmured, with that hissing inspiration of his which meant so much. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 Suddenly in his hand writhed a cold serpent, hissing and twisting to strike. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 Mist curled around the giant, hissing and bubbling as it touched his skin. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z 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 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 The hissing of the pony’s breath grew louder and sharper. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z “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 There’s a hissing, yes, but it’s not one extended sound. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “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 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 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 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 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 High above him the leaves constantly shifted, making a soft, hissing sound. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z 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 Only a hissing roar came from the loudspeaker. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 He watched her drown meats in the hissing fire pool. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Everything in my ears is hissing, which might be vuvv or just collapse. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z A whistle blows, a long sustained warning followed by the hissing and sputtering of the engine. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z 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 "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 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 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 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 She hissing in a whisper so Miss Leefolt don’t hear her. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Sergio could hear the train getting closer, hissing into the station. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z Crookshanks stood up on Blacks leg and made a soft hissing noise. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Boiling water cascaded down over his head in a hissing, steaming deluge. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z 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 I stare at them, fascinated by the transformation, when the hissing registers. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 Instantly he reverted to his true self, a snake, and slithered away hissing. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I hear a faint sound, a whoosh—then a hissing and gurgling. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z 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 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 Brian grabbed a baseball bat, and we maneuvered it, hissing and snapping, into a corner. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 The hissing burns my ears, and the reek of roses makes the walls spin. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z 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 “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 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 Then he heard Riddle’s hissing voice: “Kill him.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Into the Object’s face, into her ears he kept hissing and croaking. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Outside the hum of the room, the hissing becomes more distinct. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 I heard some hissing and hooting from the crowd outside the trailer. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 hissing sounds of disbelief were already building into a rumbling of contempt. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z The blood was boiling in it, hissing like snakes. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z Now the crowd was hissing on top of the boos. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z In the hissing gaslights, the watch’s golden case glowed like a beacon. 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 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 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 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 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 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 But this real ocean is a giant snake that never stops hissing. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z 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 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 My ear reached out hundreds of miles through the hissing static. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 The voice came hissing out of the butcher knife. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z And, of course, as soon as she sat down she heard a voice hissing behind her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z And loud clanks and hissing sounds erupted as once again the boat began to move. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “You think not?” said the Hamadryad’s hissing voice. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 children got quiet—so quiet I could hear the coal hissing. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z 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 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 “You see nothing,” he said, his voice hissing between his teeth. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z 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 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 Everything was madness—frothy green bubbles, hissing, roiling water. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 The Fury Alecto appeared behind them, hissing and flapping her leathery wings. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z A wave of noise hits me—the gurgling and hissing sound that Tess heard earlier. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z “Shut up! Shut up!” students yelled, booing, and hissing. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 It just missed Grandma’s lap and fell hissing between her and me. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 Snakes slithered out of his collar and wrapped themselves around his face, hissing at me. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z 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 I questioned the hissing fires, Florence knows all the answers! Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 More hissing, scuffling, and feral moans—like giant alley cats fighting. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z There was a sudden hissing noise from behind the stage. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 “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 Then my father hissing as he swallowed the first shot. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 The trader’s assistant brought out the hissing lamps and hung them over the porch. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Why are you waiting? What is the matter with you?’ said Gimli in a hissing whisper. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z 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 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 “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 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 She stirs the lumps from the batter, pours it into the buttered, hissing pan. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z It was hissing, its front half writhing in all different directions. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z 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 As he yelled the snake fell, hissing wildly. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He gave a thin hissing shriek, and seemed to be both frightened and angry. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z His hissing and screeching sounded like demons to Beetle, and she covered her ears. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 walked back to Strawberry and began malting the hissing noises that grooms make. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z 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 At that moment they both heard a low, breathy hissing from the hollow. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 And there were also those hissing cockroaches that had disappeared down a vent. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z 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 They ate their supper in silence, huddled beneath oilskins as the rain dripped down, hissing, into the fire. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z 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 It swirled around the Romans with a hissing sound, like a nest of snakes. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z 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 He loved the sound of pancake batter hissing on the griddle. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Momma’s voice got strange, hissing like a snake. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Steam lines had broken, and the steam was hissing out Heat from the fire washed over us. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 I heard the clattering, hissing sounds of skeletons as they came closer. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 There’s a hissing sound as gas shoots into his mouth. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z 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 The hissing snakes and the angry bees, the empty nets, and Loo. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Then presently he heard, not far ahead, a hissing murmur. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z 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 She saw the masses of jeering faces, spitting, hissing, and booing as she was tortured. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z 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 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 arsonist lights a match and the sound — a sharp hissing and spitting as the flame appears — makes one jump. Lautner fans, be warned: Catherine Opie's 'The Modernist' will play like a horror movie 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z And evil there is in abundance: suicidal clowns, teeth scattered as sprinkles on ice-cream cones, a hissing lady who wants, we are told, to destroy the world. 20 Years After ‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower,’ Stephen Chbosky Has a New Novel 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z But what nobody knows is that as I was singing, the snake brought its head right around to my face, right up to me and started hissing.” The 8 biggest bombshells in Britney Spears’ forthcoming memoir, “The Woman in Me” 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z He builds up the action with hissing percussion, repeated piano chords, occasional violins, leading to drums and synthesiser. Profile of jazz maestro Herbie Hancock: From the archive, 12 Feb 1975 2013-02-12T07:00:00Z I could watch his impatience grow, almost like a kettle boiling before hissing steam. Have we reached the peak of the ready-to-drink canned cocktail boom? 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z When we announce we’re going to suss something out, for instance, they keep us from just hissing like a snake. Where Have All the Vowels Gone? 2018-12-29T05:00:00Z “But in the beginning, it was a lot of hissing.” Auli’i Cravalho on Her New Netflix Drama and the Smell of Wet Dog 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z Nothing but hollow hissing and a few drops flowed from the tap for most of the day. Romania’s Springs Tap a Region’s Deep History 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z So is the TV, its blank screen hissing. 'Jesus, Ralph, you're dangerous' | Rupert Thomson 2010-03-27T00:36:00Z Eventually they separate and move through the space in tandem, exposing their quirks: quivering fingers, agitated arms and excessive hissing. Dance Review: At New York Live Arts, Works by Tess Dworman and Niv Acosta 2014-01-31T19:38:38Z Andy, a Madagascar hissing cockroach, scurried around a canvas, and the result was a piece in purple, green and yellow tones. Animal artists? Zoos use paintings as way to raise money for conservation. 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z But there is another part that craves an outlet for hissing and booing, even outside the pantomime season. Wreck-It Ralph: why are all the film baddies turning into goodies? 2013-02-11T14:51:00Z A lot of booing and hissing ensued — a lot — and I was horrified. Linda Lavin: The First Time I Sang in New York. (It Was a Bar Mitzvah) 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z During one of its first performances, Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, now popular, was greeted with widespread hissing from puzzled listeners. Music Review: From a Chair, Not a Bench, Exploring Brahms?s Poetry 2011-01-23T22:51:13Z The wireless was very slow, and no one believed that the hissing and crackling radio could produce anything beyond dots and dashes. We know about Edison, Bell and the Wright Brothers, but Fessenden? 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z Still, she is never simply a hissing villainess. Women Beware Women; Bingo 2010-05-01T23:11:00Z Servellon points to one of her works, “The Garden Party,” which conjures a buzzing, hissing, rainbow-hued beehive in which those towering cat ladies sport Mardi Gras masks. Raven Servellon's 'Velvet Sunflower' is a trippy art party 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z Part of a planned series meant to evoke commedia dell’arte characters, Ms. Kirsten’s piece drew from Mr. Munro a bravura show of hissing, gibbering, urgent recitation and lines sung at high and low extremes. Music Review: Eighth Blackbird at Miller Theater - Review 2011-10-17T22:12:58Z Anyway, “Into the Woods” looks very pretty indeed, and any movie in which Meryl Streep plays a hissing witch and flings her hair around a lot is absolutely fine in my book. First peek at ‘Into the Woods' 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z It was at this point that the audience, who were already restless whenever McGregor or I spoke, descended into outright hostility, shouting and hissing for us to get off stage. Why we fell for clean eating 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z He moved his hands across the surface of the table, creating hissing and rubbing sounds, supermagnified through sensitive contact microphones on the table. Music Review: Keith Rowe With Graham Lambkin and Michael Pisaro at Temp 2013-01-17T21:33:05Z What was that persistent white noise or hissing sound? ArtsBeat: ‘Sound of Music’ Director on What Went Right — and Wrong 2013-12-06T22:27:35Z Not the hissing Nazis though; they just get shot down. High-Flying Red Tails Stalls Before It Even Gets Off the Ground 2012-01-19T18:18:20Z Toma coated the slices of fish in salt and turmeric powder and placed them carefully into a pan hissing with mustard oil. In Asia, Tastes of the Sea 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z In Christopher’s limited view, the nice man is the one force standing between the vulnerable human world and the hissing lady’s malign designs. Review | Twenty years after ‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower,’ Stephen Chbosky delivers a thrilling surprise 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z After an opening section coasted for a bit on a meditative air, courtesy of pinging bells and hissing high strings, the soft-grained entrance of trumpets signaled a change, without overhauling the moderate, peaceable dynamics. Review: A Pulitzer Sequel for Orchestra, Packed With Drama in Microcosm 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z While catfishing an unctuous rightwing moneybags suspected of orchestrating race riots, Helen was captured and horrifically tortured – her hand, then face plunged into a grotty, hissing deep fat fryer. From ER to The Sopranos: what were the most shocking TV deaths? 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z Children can also handle the museum’s own Madagascar hissing cockroaches. Spare Times for Children for June 27-July 3 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z You don’t feel like hissing this Miss Hannigan, which adds an addling ambivalence to the show. Theater Review: ‘Annie,’ Starring Katie Finneran, at the Palace Theater 2012-11-09T03:37:23Z Behave otherwise and risk some killjoy in the next row hissing at you to put a sock in it. How to Birth a New American Theater 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z “How can I be moved when everything is moving,” Amelia Meath calmly muses in the opening track, “Moving,” over a hissing, scurrying beat, octave-swooping blips and stereo-panning whooshes that keep things spinning. Sylvan Esso’s New Album of Electro-pop Challenges All Expectations 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z For now the counter seemed undisturbed — just the sound of sake burbling into a glass, a woman laughing at her boyfriend’s joke, kitchen clogs thumping the floor, the hissing spritz of hand sanitizer. Tracing a Los Angeles Treasure: Its Glorious Sprawl of Sushi 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z Even invertebrates such as stick insects and hissing cockroaches might approach something like this form of love. Do our pets ever really love us – or do they just stick around for the food? 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z Visitors wearing backpacks and wheeling luggage stopped to pose for photos, the falls hissing behind them like a newfangled Niagara. My 27-Hour Vacation in Singapore’s Changi Airport 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z Mason started the Kander and Ebb classic at a purr, soon hissing the consonants and snarling the vowels. Karen Mason delivers a pungent show for Valentines 2011-02-11T17:16:49Z Before the fumes, the flapping newspapers and the cacophonous soundtrack of city life: barriers beeping, doors hissing, exhaust fumes sputtering. Cities in summer are like 28 Days Later, magically emptied of people | Hannah Jane Parkinson 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z The work ended with a grand crescendo, capped by cymbals, that quickly receded, leaving only the sound of Ms. Winan exhaling and gently hissing. The New Juilliard Ensemble in a Harrison Birtwistle Premiere 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z In time the characters converge and, alas, open their mouths, and the enveloping eeriness starts rushing out like hissing air. | 'Vanishing on 7th Street': Disappearing People, Leaving a Lot of Clothes Behind 2011-02-17T23:09:46Z For this performance, the BSO played with reverence and assurance, thundering through the drum riffs and industrial hissing of cymbals to revel in the warmer sonorities and melodic passages. Review | New music? For Baltimore, yes, please. 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z In the GOP debates, it’s often been enough to simply mention her name for the internal hissing to begin. Clinton marriage mystique: How their partnership went from liability to asset — especially for younger voters 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z Listen to her brag in hissing staccato: “I say my own name during sex.” Review | Everything Cardi B says is music 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z In episodes of dry spiccato chatter and gaseous hissing, a roiling piano solo and unruly exchanges among all of the ensemble’s sections, Ms. Torikai ably exploited a small band’s capacity for variety and violence. Music Review: The Many Paths of Japan?s Avant-Garde 2011-04-11T20:27:03Z Lawrence's Devil livens things up with her hissing, bending presence, but is not often enough there. This House; Scenes from an Execution; Damned by Despair – review 2012-10-13T23:06:27Z Dancers shake their shoulders, expel breath in hissing gasps, throw themselves on the floor and — in what sadly turns out to be the most difficult challenge for many — balance on one leg. Dance Review: Dinosaurs, Politicians, Oil and Water 2011-01-28T22:44:42Z I struggled for what felt like a very long time to fit it and stop the hissing, but it slipped and I dropped it. Experience: I blew myself up at a festival 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z I heard a telltale hissing — fog in production! — just as an ambulance siren started up on the Fenway. Review | Japanese artist’s ephemeral fogscapes transform Boston’s Emerald Necklace 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z Teasingly, Appel drags out a sequence where Al, assembling a sandwich, struggles to brainstorm his take on “My Sharona” until the audience is hissing “Bologna!” through its teeth. ‘Weird: The Al Yankovic Story’ Review: Any Odd? He Beat It. 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z The second set began with a less enigmatic piano melody that was almost jazzy, over hissing, pattering percussion. The Necks 2010-06-29T22:00:00Z But the best way to enjoy it is at the counter, straight from the oven, off the peel and onto a plate, the crust full of steam, still hissing with life. Perfecting Neapolitan Pizza in Los Angeles, With Help From Tokyo 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z Outside a fairly unimpressive building on Sunset Boulevard, security is hissing down a walkie-talkie. Oscars 2011: My week with the stars 2011-03-01T07:59:00Z The actors are all terrific: as Ali, Quinn has a radiant wildcat sweetness--there's fragility behind all that hissing. ‘Landline’ Is a Message From the Lost World of 1990s 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z The Bronx zoo in New York touts itself as the originator of the roach stunt, and says it has been giving the gift of a Madagascar hissing cockroach since 2011. Be mine, love bug? The new Valentine jape: name a cockroach after your ex 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z Jenny is lovably hateful, but eventually, even the pleasure of inwardly hissing at her begins to pall. Review: ‘Dry Powder,’ a High-Finance Comedy Drama 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z Brookfield Zoo, just outside Chicago, allows you to name one of its Madagascar hissing cockroaches with a $15 donation to the zoo. NYC's Valentine's Day sewage plant tour will be virtual this year 2021-02-06T05:00:00Z We hear the monster hissing of our first site before we round a cliff and see it. Kayak the Alaskan glaciers of Blackstone Bay while they’re still here 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z Allen’s drumming propels five of the album’s nine tracks, spattering syncopated accents, quick little snare-drum rolls and hissing cymbals all around the central beat — and constantly striking sparks. Coldcut + Tony Allen and African Artists = Studio Electricity 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z It was joined by a gentle flute, hissing cymbals and a snare-drum tattoo, as Jasper Hoiby's double bass led a bumpily Latin groove. Fringe Magnetic ? review 2011-02-10T17:19:22Z As the rain’s rising water forces the inmates to sleep in the mess hall, Vee watches over Red gleefully, practically hissing at her. 'Orange Is the New Black' Recap: The Water Is Rising, Rising, Rising 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z The warning signs come in the pan as one sausage spits out a hissing jet of water that immediately boils off. Supermarket sausages: taste test 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z I said, trying to seem composed but sounding like a Madagascar hissing cockroach. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: His name sounded familiar for some reason. And then it hit me. 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z “It’s not ornament anymore; it becomes a story,” said Charlotte Vignon, the exhibition’s curator, standing before a pair of hissing swans whose angry gold wings upheld two potpourri vases. Our Midas Moment, From Galleries to Artisans 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z Every Labor Day weekend, the air is rife with the smoky, pungent aroma of roasting chiles as roughly 110 tons of Hatch-sourced peppers are blistered onsite in big, hissing drums at the Hatch Chile Festival. My pasta, myself: Forging a home in New Mexico through Hatch green chile pasta 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z There were instances of audible hissing, after the president mentioned judicial appointments and chain migration, but Trump remained controlled throughout. ‘Here for the show’: At the Capitol, expectations for Trump’s State of the Union ran high and low. 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z In this new series, Ives undergoes counselling with an alienist psychotherapist, and later appears in a padded cell with tears streaming down her face, hissing ominously at her doctors: “You think you know evil?” Eva Green: ‘I don’t want to be put in a box marked Weird Witch’ 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z Captive animals are needy, whether big beasts such as lions, gorillas, zebras and giraffes or the Madagascan hissing cockroaches, or everything else in between. London Zoo seeking donations to safeguard animals 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z The scene she described was an alarming one: There was someone hissing and scratching at her back door as if they were trying to get into the house. 25 animals that have been imprisoned or arrested 2021-09-18T04:00:00Z Ms. Jolie was mostly right: the event proceeded genially, though there were some boos and hissing at any mention of The Village Voice, which fired its longtime film critic, J. Hoberman, last week. The Carpetbagger: Brad Pitt, Denbygate and Other Scenes From the Critics Circle 2012-01-10T17:10:51Z A few dishes — fried rice shining with sesame oil, and beef still hissing from the wok — honor the legacy of Chinese immigrants to the Americas. Eating Globally: Hungry City’s Top 10 Restaurants of 2019 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Spinning, hissing, arms and legs pistoning: the 12 men are like steam locomotives. Get a kick out of karate at Okinawa’s new fight club 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z We were told to run through the moonlit corn maze if we wanted to live; as we ran, armed soldiers yelled contradictory instructions while hissing zombies emerged from the corny darkness. My Zombie, Myself: Why Modern Life Feels Rather Undead 2010-12-03T15:18:00Z Bug Week will culminate in Bug Day, July 11, when activities will include building insect models and enjoying tête-à-têtes with Madagascar hissing cockroaches. Spare Times for Children for July 3-9 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z The fair, however, is suitable for all, with crafts, lawn games, family yoga, puppet performances from the Swedish Cottage Marionette Theater and opportunities to touch Madagascar hissing cockroaches and taste crickets. 9 Things to Do With Your Kids in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z He’s wily and sarcastic, precise with his intentions and language: “Peace,” he says with disdain in an opening speech, hissing that “s” sound like a dangerous snake. Review | There will be blood in the STC’s gross-out ‘Richard the Third’ 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z He turned a sort of valve and I heard gas hissing, then he pulled out some big storm-proof matches and lit the gas. The Birthday Party and the Airman by ?ukasz D?bski, translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones 2011-04-08T10:22:00Z This tradition—whose foundation is the business suit—is one that changes at a geological pace, and at the moment its magma is hissing. Goldman Sachs, Patagonia, and the Mysteries of “Business Casual” 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z The pressure release results in a hissing sound and you see bubbles rising in the liquid as the H₂CO₃ converts back to CO₂ and that gas escapes to the surface. The bubbly chemistry behind carbonated beverages 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z But the beautiful mermaids turn ferocious, sprouting fangs and hissing like cobras; pirates harpoon dozens of them. Arts & Leisure: New Captain for a Series Becalmed 2011-05-11T16:45:46Z But this doesn't mean that he doesn't thrill at the sight of a skater hissing across a frozen pond. Turned Out Nice Again by Richard Mabey – review 2013-03-08T09:00:01Z Meanness is everywhere in “Anne with an E,” as if life in the rural Maritimes wasn’t hard enough without hissing and insults. How Not to Adapt “Anne of Green Gables” 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z When the demon comes hissing, I take myself off and do 12 biceps curls on each arm. Alcoholism doesn't confine me any longer – and it doesn't define me either | Jack Monroe 2019-12-29T05:00:00Z Some critics have praised "Maps," including Robbie Collin of England's the Telegraph, who described it as "not so much a twisted dream of making it in show-business, as a writhing, hissing, Hollywood waking nightmare." Cannes 2014 reviews: 'Foxcatcher' applauded, 'The Captive' panned 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z A drone and a hissing sound filled the hall as Floyd went into a simple riff. Pink Floyd: 'They don't dig creative complacency' – a classic feature 2013-03-06T15:27:41Z Lee has the harder job and is no less a success: his vampire changes from suave European gentleman to hissing beast at the drop of a hat. This week's new DVD & Blu-ray 2013-03-16T06:00:07Z As he said that, a fanfare blared, signaling dinner, and a star handler scurried past, hissing, “Monica Bellucci wants a cocktail!” Scene City: Inside the Met Ball And After Parties 2014-05-07T17:53:58Z There’s ferocity in how the dancers whip around and bite off phrase endings, audibly hissing. Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker Reprises Her ‘Fase’ 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z "The accounts of the audience's reactions to flubbed lines or unpopular characters in theater in Athens included scraping or stamping the feet, catcalls, wolf whistles, hissing, booing and banging on benches." LeBron James Returns to Cleveland with Miami: Why Fans Boo 2010-12-14T05:15:00Z I had to wait an excruciating thirty seconds for the rush of water to fully flush the filter clean, and all while the snakes kept snapping and hissing and writhing in a nightmarish swirl. The working poor in the Hamptons: I cleaned a rich author's swimming pool while writing my own novel 2019-05-04T04:00:00Z They were spitting and hissing at each other, and making incredibly, well, un-cute noises. Stunning Vistas and Wildlife Along Australia’s Great Ocean Road 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z The style is established in the dancing and in all the gestures and movements, and it spreads to the actors’ carriage and even, to some extent, to their singing, where crisp enunciation mimics hissing. Review | Love it or hate it, ‘Cats’ the musical has way more than nine lives 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z We watched in awe as the lava leapt and fell back into the glowing bowl and made a strange hissing noise. Journey to an Ethiopian volcano located in one of the hottest places on Earth 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z Beth slinks around the film's periphery, hissing obscenities and accusations until she winds up in a hospital after walking in front of a car. Ballet thriller "Black Swan" so bad it's good 2010-09-01T23:26:00Z A narrow platform stretching into the audience brings us closer to the fun, as when the pirates steal upon the Major-General’s mansion, with their catlike tread, hissing “meow” and admonishing the audience to shush. Review: On the High Seas, Anything Goes in ‘The Pirates of Penzance’ 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z For $15, holiday observers will get to name a Madagascar hissing cockroach. Zoos continue Valentine's Day tradition of naming cockroaches, animals after exes and loved ones 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z “She listens to the sound of hissing,” Singer writes. ‘Underground Fugue’: A tale of mother-daughter love against a backdrop of terror 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z Both the piece within the piece and the work itself would now only be echoes, as a local graffiti artist angrily tagged over it while a hissing crowd pleaded him to stop. Banksy, gentrification and the end of graffiti 2014-11-30T05:00:00Z I remember one woman hissing at her fiance. How Bed, Bath and Beyond (and its coupons) helped soft-launch a generation of starter kitchens 2023-04-29T04:00:00Z The “sleet hissing” took me in there, within those walls, and then the action accelerated and we were suddenly on our way to Acapulco. The Story Is the Thing: On Lucia Berlin 2015-08-12T04:00:00Z Dolby, founded by Ray Dolby in 1965, developed a system that reduced background noise in tape recordings, enabling musicians to produce multitrack mixes without a hissing sound in the background. Dolby acquires Doremi Labs 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z If that’s not enough, the Bronx Zoo is offering Name a Roach gift bundles that include virtual encounters with Madagascar hissing cockroaches and staff or roach-themed commemorative merchandise. Zoos continue Valentine's Day tradition of naming cockroaches, animals after exes and loved ones 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z Instead, Logan’s party ends with him demanding Tom call Shiv so he can growl at “the rats,” hissing, “Congratulations on saying the biggest number.” ‘Succession’ Season 4 Premiere Recap: Many Happy Returns 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z The “Z Nation” zombies are runners, in the “28 Days Later” and “World War Z” mode, and their mobility is used for comic effect, as are the hissings and scurryings of a nasty undead baby. ‘Z Nation,’ a Zombie Series on Syfy 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z Chances are, unless it’s growling, hissing or biting other passengers, it’s staying on board. Do airlines treat pets on planes better than human passengers? First encountered by the Second Doctor, the Ice Warriors are classic science fiction monsters: humanoid reptiles from Mars, sheeted in armour, with pincer-like claws who speak in hissing whispers. Michael Scott's top 10 Doctor Who creatures 2013-03-19T16:23:01Z Chinese frigates are sent to intercept a U.S. surveillance ship, the Rumsfeld, with "dozens of U.S. and Chinese fighters circling overhead, hissing at each other like high-tech geese." US-China relations are grist for satirist's mill 2012-05-07T17:48:11Z I remember the hissing sound of the evening traffic on the wet pavement and the feel of the snow landing against our bare legs in an effervescence of icy prickles. The eye surgery I never should have seen 2014-01-28T00:00:00Z Slow but steady drum kicks lurch over hissing, crackling whispers, and crepuscular synths bubble under the surface. Tirzah’s Genre-Less Pop Embraces the Beauty of Uncertainty 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z A pressure cooker will cut the cooking time dramatically: add the spring onion before you close the lid, then, once the cooker is hissing, steam for 15 minutes. Yotam Ottolenghi’s Taiwanese recipes 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z If you smell an awful rotten egg odor, hear a hissing sound or notice a dust cloud close to a gas line, get your family and pets together immediately and leave your home. Perspective | Hints From Heloise: 5 easy steps to protect your home while you’re away 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z Santiaguito roared throughout the night — a thunderous pop and a rumble followed by low, deep hissing every hour or so. In Guatemala, a treacherous hike to one of the world’s most active volcanoes 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z His guitar evoked the sounds of an aluminum factory, with clipped chords hissing like drill presses and fragmented notes functioning as abrasive shrapnel. Gang of Four turn back the clock with vital, aggressive show 2011-02-12T11:21:00Z “Shade” involves different combinations of acoustic guitar and Harris’s voice, with everything registering somewhere on a scale between hissing Walkman and head-sandwiched-between-two-pillows. Review | This new Grouper album, ‘Shade,’ is life-affirming in ways you might not remember 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z One night we heard a bang followed by hissing. Ginger beer is a Jamaican holiday tradition — and my grandmother's is the spiciest 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z “It’s been really cool watching people turn around their opinion,” she said, “instead of just seeing them as creepy, hissing animals.” The Cutest Animal on Instagram Is Possibly in Your Trash Can 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z The structure that hid the pool filter was the size of a child’s playhouse, and just before I unlatched the tiny door, I heard the hissing. The working poor in the Hamptons: I cleaned a rich author's swimming pool while writing my own novel 2019-05-04T04:00:00Z The hissing and sulfurous smell arrived first, as if the Devil was nearby, breathing heavily. Forged by Volcanoes, Kamchatka Offers Majestic, Magnetic Wilds 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z There was the now traditional storm of hissing and booing at the Venice film festival. Malick confounds Venice critics 2012-09-03T09:25:58Z When a young girl opens a carved wooden box bought in a yard sale, demons are duly released and much hissing, huffing and general ooga-booga contortions ensue. Mark Kermode's DVD round-up 2013-01-20T00:04:04Z On a winter’s day, I can hear snow landing on the windowpanes and flames muttering on the stove, tires hissing on the wet street, my cats shifting in their beds. Kinds of Silence 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z By the time he hobbles through a door, desperate to reconcile, “they’re just hissing at me, practically throwing things at me,” Barford said. Think He’s a Jerk? Then He’s Doing His Job 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z And with hovering piano chords and hissing cymbal, “Down With the Clique” hints at the anticipation of Herbie Hancock’s “Maiden Voyage” as Solange reminisces, “We were rollin’ up the street/Chasing the divine.” Solange Defies Pop Expectations on ‘When I Get Home’ 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z And the hissing “crush” during the bridge of “King of My Heart.” Review | It’s Taylor Swift’s world. The rest of us just go insane in it. 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z The program, which got its start in 2011, allows zoo guests to name a Madagascar hissing cockroach for $15 – digital certificate included. Zoos continue Valentine's Day tradition of naming cockroaches, animals after exes and loved ones 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z In the new songs, hissing, blipping, whooshing electronic sounds dovetail with Vernon’s vocal harmonies, floating guitar lines, chamber-music string arrangements and jazzy horns. Bon Iver Steps Back From the Brink on ‘i,i’ 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z He was also the sole Spaniard in a huddle of hissing Brits: Tom Hiddleston in Avengers Assemble, Jude Law in Rise of the Guardians and Michael Sheen in Twilight. What cinema showed us in 2012 2012-12-27T07:00:00Z As the final credits rolled, I heard a noise I had never before experienced at the movies: the sound of people hissing. A Searing First Encounter With David Lynch’s ‘Blue Velvet’ 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z As a kid, I watched MTV in my older brother’s bedroom, door slammed shut, hissing “I am Cornholio!” back at the fuzzy old TV. MTV Classic Is Nostalgia for Millennials. But Do They Want TV? 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z But the really scary part was “the penetrating hissing of the air” like the screeching of a tire over their heads and the creaking of the house. A missing sailor’s last message from Hurricane Otis was to ask his family to pray for him 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z The car's owner told local news outlets that they heard a hissing sound from the car, which had recently had a new battery installed, prior to the fire. Firefighters tackle raging Texas Tesla fire 2023-11-11T05:00:00Z "It was total chaos. You could hear it here hissing like a bull." Mexico's Acapulco ravaged by looting after Hurricane Otis 2023-10-28T04:00:00Z The new experiment instead suggests that purring, like meowing and hissing, is a passive phenomenon that plays out automatically after cats’ brains provide the initial signal to purr, the researchers conclude. How do cats purr? New finding challenges long-held assumptions 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z Their 20-second video showed that 3- to 4-foot snake being plucked from a toilet bowl and hissing straight at the camera. Enough to make your skin crawl: 20 rattlesnakes found inside a homeowner’s garage in Arizona 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z It was spitting, hissing and lunging at its rescuers as they tried to remove it from a glass enclosure. Beloved pets in Canada rescued from wildfires by volunteers who stayed behind 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z A hissing sound filled the air as Rex Richardson, the mayor of Long Beach, added a final touch of paint to the stencil. This art festival has brought more than 100 murals (and counting) to Long Beach 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z The 20-second video shows the snake being pulled out of the toilet bowl and then hissing straight at the camera. Snake in a toilet: Slithering visitor to Arizona home camps out where homeowner least expects it 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z A steady wave creates that hissing noise of nothingness on the AM dial. Climate change is threatening the future of AM radio in the automobile | Tom Philp 2023-07-24T04:00:00Z The two founders of Skyroot Aerospace, talking between blasts of hissing steam, explained their exhilaration at seeing a rocket of their own design mount India’s first private satellite launch last November. The Surprising Striver in the World’s Space Business 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z Witnesses reported a low hissing sound followed by a blast that made nearby apartment buildings tremble and shattered their windows. Russia’s air force accidentally bombs own city of Belgorod 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z Witnesses reported a low hissing sound followed by a blast that made nearby apartment buildings tremble and threw a car on a store roof. Russia’s air force accidentally bombs its own city 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z He’s lyrical about sounds we take for granted: wind rattling windows, old-fashioned radiators hissing to life, a cat drinking water. Review | In his moving memoir, John Cotter anticipates a world without sound 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z Relentless hissing fills the air, which is tinged with the pungent, acidic tang of sulfur that results from separating cast iron and waste deposits. A steel plant ready for war shows hit to Ukraine’s economy 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z The same goes for the turbines inside - monstrous, deafening mechanical dinosaurs, churning and hissing away at the heart of the plant. Ukraine war: On the front line with engineers working to fix stricken power grid 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z Purring or hissing, we say what we mean. A cat reviews Netflix's new docuseries about the world's richest dog 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z "Sometimes I can distract myself and forget about it but other times it's just like a hissing in my ear all the time." Tinnitus: Sufferers in Northern Ireland living with 'relentless noise' 2023-01-22T05:00:00Z When he starts running toward Louise, hissing and baring his teeth, Hendrix blows the hinges off the safety hatch that separates your comfy reading experience from “The Twilight Zone.” Review | A little horror, a little humor, ‘How to Sell a Haunted House’ is a delight 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z The carbon in the chips fuel the bacteria that turns the nitrogen into gas, a reaction manifested by small bubbles hissing on the surface of the subterranean goo. A Stinky Stew on Cape Cod: Human Waste and Warming Water 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z Camels that strolled along the side of the road in Multan can be ridden into the Arabian Sea on Clifton Beach, where a snake charmer will play music to a hissing black cobra. England look for history in City of Lights 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z He still remembers the hissing sound of the fire. Hawaii remembrance to draw handful of Pearl Harbor survivors 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z Downtown Burlington is a vibrant cluster of bars humming with live music, cafes hissing with sounds of steamed-milk machines and a Patagonia store with a “Black Lives Matter” sign in the window. The Bike Thieves of Burlington, Vermont 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z A hissing sound could be heard in the room. Opinion | Here’s what Paul Pelosi has in common with litter boxes 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z Perching on a small boulder, listening to my propane stove hissing and the pinging sound of grasshoppers flying headfirst into my tent's taut surface, I felt like I was part of my land. How I found myself befriending a wild fox 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z Each round starts by emptying a clear rectangular box filled with the balls into the field, prompting a whirring, hissing scramble to pick them up. Teens tackle 21st-century challenges at robotics contest 2022-10-15T04:00:00Z Its website states: "Visitors will walk a perilous path through grasslands and woodlands and come face-to-face with snarling, roaring and hissing dinosaurs amongst the trees, bushes and woods." Animatronic dinosaur catches fire at Ashton Court 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z When a carbonated beverage container is opened, a hissing sound is heard as pressurized CO2 escapes from the headspace. Chemistry 2019-02-14T00:00:00Z Other than ringing, some people describe it as a clicking, hissing, buzzing or whistling sound. Tinnitus afflicts about 749 million people worldwide 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z When parents are off the nest, the older chicks stand guard, swaying and hissing at perceived threats. Climate change and vanishing islands threaten brown pelicans 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z It seemed to fall first in smaller-sized drops, but then the full armament of the atmosphere seemed to join in the downpour, with large fat drops hissing on treetops, pattering on roofs. Saturday was our second wettest day in a wet month 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z Meetings of the Board of Supervisors are packed with critics holding signs and hissing from the back when Hoffman or Constabile are set to make a presentation. Top election officials in Arizona county leave amid threats 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z Dropping P4O10 into water produces a hissing sound, heat, and orthophosphoric acid: Chemistry 2019-02-14T00:00:00Z It was adorable, until they left the water and started slowly coming up the rocks toward us, hissing slightly as they advanced. Spend a tasty weekend in Port Townsend with cornmeal cherry pancakes and steaming bowls of ramen 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z Residents and environmentalists in the region first became concerned when they were alerted by Clark Williams-Derry, an energy analyst, that two wells were hissing within a few hundred feet of homes. Gas wells leak explosive levels of methane in Bakersfield 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z He let her hold a hissing cockroach and a live scorpion, and explained how walking sticks have knees, Varney recalled. Scientist finds professor who supported her love for bugs when she was 4 2022-05-21T04:00:00Z Hoffman is a longtime resident of Yavapai County and said she once turned to those “hissing” at her from the back of the room. Top election officials in Arizona county leave amid threats 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z During the pandemic, I snacked the way other people knit or whittled or shuffled cards: anxiously, obsessively, to keep my spirit from hissing out of my ear. I’ve Always Struggled With My Weight. Losing It Didn’t Mean Winning. 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z Video provided to Wink shows the animal hissing and backing into a corner, looking ready to pounce, as a local trapper arrives at the messy, can-strewn scene. ‘Diet Coke was spewing everywhere’: Alligator crashes a pre-birthday party in Florida 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z “I purchased a white noise machine that makes a hissing sound to block it out,” he said. Perspective | Some people are irritated by the weirdest things. 2022-05-01T04:00:00Z Lewis wasn’t sure until he read Varney’s comment about how she got to pick up hissing cockroaches and scorpions, and thought, “Oh, that was me, I always had those around.” Scientist finds professor who supported her love for bugs when she was 4 2022-05-21T04:00:00Z The soundtrack to his life, he said, is the hissing of passing trucks next to his tent and the swoosh of street cleaners. A Rising Tally of Lonely Deaths on the Streets 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z Historians have given the name “Market Revolution” to the interlocking sets of changes that introduced Americans to the “buzzing and hissing and whizzing” of early industrialization. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Then the train, just a commuter train pressed into emergency service, jerked into motion and pulled away with a hissing noise and the clacking of wheels on the track, leaving hundreds of people behind. In Kyiv’s Railway Station, Rumors, Near-Stampedes and Frustration 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z He wore a black cowboy hat, a Washington Capitals jersey and both the Maryland state flag and the Gadsden flag, which features a yellow background and hissing snake, tied around his neck. Capitol rioter draped in Confederate flag pleads guilty 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z In York County, Pennsylvania, for example, Facebook rumors began swirling around among conservative locals warning that furries "could be in your child's classroom hissing at your child and licking themselves." Fear of "furries" in schools grips conservative parents fooled by absurd Facebook rumors 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z A few minutes after the show’s start, a loud hissing noise was heard above the orchestra’s music. How the Knickerbocker snowstorm became D.C.’s deadliest disaster 100 years ago 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z A few wore oxygen concentrators strapped to their torsos, hissing and sighing softly like a distant shoreline. The Soldiers Came Home Sick. The Government Denied It Was Responsible. 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z The next time you watch Jurassic Park, imagine honking hadrosaurs, trumpeting tyrannosaurs and hissing brachiosaurs. Fossils Reveal When Animals Started Making Noise 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z Rodgers is still sublime at 38, a quarterback who turns hissing spirals into art. John Harbaugh went for the win, and the Ravens suffered a cruel loss 2021-12-19T05:00:00Z His tarantula collection had grown from one to three, along with hissing cockroaches for food. Nathan’s legacy: He got new lungs after covid. Now comes the hard part. Police said residents found the baby after a group of cats gathered at a spot along the road and began creating a ruckus - hissing, and purring loudly. Mumbai: India baby girl found in drain recovering 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z At Gazprom-run natural gas filling stations, customers have to step a few yards away from their car, for their own safety, after affixing the hissing nozzle to a makeshift valve under the hood. On a Pacific Island, Russia Tests Its Battle Plan for Climate Change 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z When staff and a vet collected it and took it to the hospital in Grays "it was hissing and spitting", she said. Deadly snake found in Essex in cargo of stone from India 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z The hissing from a ventilator and the beeping from a heart monitor broke agonizing silence. Column: Success story: Jaden Williams found himself after losing his mom 2021-10-03T04:00:00Z |
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