Example Sentences
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I’m particularly fond of how the Na’vi express themselves in hisses and coyote yips and exhale the foreign name Jake Sully like a sneeze.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2025
As the helium hisses out, the volunteers flatten the plastic skin, tucking in Snoopy’s ears or SpongeBob’s nose to prepare for the final roll.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025
When Guillermo appears, Nandor hisses, “You are the enemy.”
From Salon • Nov. 11, 2024
The only sounds definitively recorded from adult female ostriches were hisses.
From Science Daily • May 23, 2024
Mama hisses softly, even though the shower is running in the bathroom upstairs and Thaya Jaan won’t be able to hear us.
From "Amina's Voice" by Hena Khan
