Example Sentences

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Even the moist breath of the sea beyond had quite evaporated before it crossed the plaza, and now rustled the leaves in the Mission garden with a dry, crepitant sound.

From A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's and Other Stories by Harte, Bret

The putrefactive gases evolved cause the skin to become emphysematous and crepitant and produce an offensive odour.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis

It strengthened; and a fine, crepitant sliding of sand-particles became audible.

From The Flying Legion by England, George Allan

One is incisive, corrosive; Two retorts nettled, curt, crepitant; Three makes rejoinder, expansive, explosive; Four overbears them all, strident and strepitant; Five....

From The New Irish Constitution by Morgan, J. H.

The swelling is somewhat soft, diffuse, not painful, more or less fluctuating, and after a few days becomes crepitant under the pressure of the hand.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.