1. Venomous snakes spit and hiss when they are cornered.

2. There was a low hiss on the tape.

3. Why do snakes hiss?

4. We could hear the faint hiss of escaping gas.

5. She drew in her breath with a hiss.

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6. Snakes spit and hiss when they are cornered.

7. Snakes only hiss when they are afraid.

8. I heard a hiss and a pop as the cork came out of the bottle.

9. Geese and snakes hiss.

10. She heard a faint hiss as the metal struck the water.

11. Her breath comes out in a loud hiss.

12. The snake gave a hiss.

13. She started, her indrawn breath a soft hiss.

14. He wormed himself in, we hiss.

15. She heard the indrawn breath hiss sharply through his teeth, and felt the wave of emotion that washed over him.

16. After two minutes McCready heard his breath hiss out in triumph.

17. He heard the soft hiss as the waxwork owner's sphincter muscle collapsed.

18. Ventilators hiss and sigh, answering each other across the unit, while thin life-threads move over monitors.

19. She heard the faint hiss as the metal struck the water.

20. A sudden hiss came from the radiator and simultaneously the overheating signal on the dash flashed a warning red.

21. She heard the hiss of a cigarette lighter, and opened her eyes.

22. In one field he heard the hiss of scythes, and on a narrow terrace he saw two men weeding by lamplight.

23. Usually silent, but has twangy trumpeting note and will hiss or snort when annoyed.

24. The faceless ones knew the villain had been introduced and they wanted to hiss and boo.

25. I could hear the diminution of talk, the quieting of the clatter of passing platters, the scratchy hiss of whispering.

26. There are no sounds except the flickering of the flame and the hiss of some burning wood that has not thoroughly dried.

27. The overwhelming blackness, the cracking peals of thunder and the piercing flash and hiss of forked lightning.

28. The thunder of the engines dropped to a muted roar, then a gentle hiss, then died into silence.

29. Her head shot round, her shocked gasp mingling with the audible hiss of sharply indrawn breath.

30. The silence was broken occasionally by a muffled gasp or a quivering sigh that was more like the hiss of air brakes.