hiss
verb (used without object)
to make or emit a sharp sound like that of the letter s prolonged, as a snake does, or as steam does when forced under pressure through a small opening.
were hissing
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past progressiveof hiss.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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Residents and environmentalists in the region first became concerned when they were alerted by Clark Williams-Derry, an energy analyst, that two wells were hissing within a few hundred feet of homes.
From Seattle Times ● May 24, 2022
And they were hissing at me, so I think I made the right call.
From Golf Digest ● Aug. 3, 2018
The pro-Tiger/anti-Tiger camps' that were hissing and dissing are now resting, so the big controversy is 15-inch cups!?
From Golf Digest ● Oct. 16, 2013
Inside a handful of logs were hissing on a wet sandy floor.
From Newsweek
He gave no sign even when the first ranks of his own squadron hove into sight with their swingless marching and die first stricken gasps of alarm were hissing from his startled fellow officers.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
