crackle
verb (used without object)
to make slight, sudden, sharp noises, rapidly repeated.
had crackled
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past perfectof crackle.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Members of Runrig - songwriting brothers Calum and Rory Macdonald - have been to a rehearsal and director Kernaghan said the atmosphere had "crackled with excitement".
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2022
All of that energy that had crackled for hours along Wembley Way would, at first, be converted into noise, booming and echoing around the stadium in the fading sunlight, roaring England on.
From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 2021
Most devastating was the unmooring of the mind that for so long had crackled with wit and fury.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 21, 2015
The 2015 world championship had crackled a little over its previous eight events, but there had not been a moment when it had really caught fire.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2015
When the Governor made light, the air had crackled with pressure.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
