crackle
verb (used without object)
to make slight, sudden, sharp noises, rapidly repeated.
was crackling
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past progressiveof crackle.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The distress channel of his maritime radio was crackling with the pleas of seafarers among the 20,000 still stranded on cargo ships and tankers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026
“We kept hanging out, and the fun of that was bleeding into the show. It always felt like it was crackling and popping because we were just having so much fun.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 2024
The playing was crackling and robust, confident yet spontaneous.
From New York Times ● Oct. 7, 2022
The music was crackling a bit at the beginning, but that seemed to sort itself out after a few tracks.
From The Verge ● Aug. 18, 2021
The bacon fat was crackling, along with red onions and slabs of garden potatoes.
From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper
