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
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
He knew that at fifty below spittle crackled on the snow, but this spittle had crackled in the air.
From New York Times ● Nov. 15, 2012
Within minutes the speakers had crackled again, and the voice, reassuring now and less urgent, had explained that a Pilot-in-Training had misread his navigational instructions and made a wrong turn.
From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry
