How To Use Hiss In A Sentence

Why be all miffy and hissy and in a bitch-slapping mood guys, about not being in the military when you can do the work you like in prisons and police forces? See, it's not all about the election today.
Following the sound, Silk found himself among the sellers he sought Hobbled deer reared and plunged, their soft brown eyes wild with fright; a huge snake lifted its flat, malevolent head, hissing like a kettle on the stove; live salmon gasped and splashed in murky, glass-fronted tanks; pigs grunted, lambs baaed, chickens squawked, and milling goats eyed passersby with curiosity and sharp suspicion. Nightside The Long Sun
the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience
There is a faint hissing sound and a burning smell. Times, Sunday Times
A slight aspirate preceding and modifying the sibilant, which is, however, the stronger of the two consonants; _e.g. hsing_ = _hissing_ without the first _i_, Myths and Legends of China

Boos and hisses came from the crowds at the sight of No Name's cowardliness.
The inn we occupied had one of these porches: Madame Barbot, our landlady, and her maid, were both dressed in Breton costume, with lace-trimmed embroidered caps and aprons of fine muslin, clear-starched and ironed with a perfection which the most accomplished "blanchisseuse du fin" of Paris would find it difficult to surpass. Brittany & Its Byways
There was the hiss of pressurization, then the clang of a hammer against metal Brunner's signal that they were ready. CORMORANT
Psst! Come over here!" one youth hissed furtively.
‘Shut up,’ he hissed glancing into the kitchen where mom was on the phone.
Frothy geysers and hissing fumaroles vent into icy air, huge herds of elk and bison gather in low basins for food and warmth, the forest glitters with ice, and a blanket of snow brings a rare silence.
The opening vignette, ‘Lullaby for a Broken Dog’ is simple piano tinklings and a man's spoken words over the hiss and pop of a needle on an old record.
Next up for Nickels: throwing the same kind of hissy fit over what the SR 520 rebuild will be like. Sound Politics: Balterdash
It could be a hypocoristic or baby-talk form of hysterical, or it might be from the imitative word hiss; or perhaps it is a variant of another dialect term, jesse, meaning a ` severe scolding, 'which is probably from a Biblical allusion. VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIX No 1
March 21, 2008 at 6:51 pm srsly, i fink teh pun adn itz browder ilk iz teh highest form ub huma. mos yuma iz implicitly critical of something, or someone, butt teh pun, etc. b makin phun ub teh wai langwidge werks. adn it gitz moar groanz adn hissez, so datz allus gud! Universe - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
I could almost hear the radio audience hissing. Times, Sunday Times
The rubberized seal around the hatch began to hiss as air from the corridor was sucked inside.
We can't have feral cats hissing at MPs. Times, Sunday Times
Thankfully it was at this point the elevator tinged and the doors hissed open.
The connection hissed and buzzed with static that the computers should have been able to filter out.
It's full of phonemes, guttural exclamations and limpid hisses.
His only accompaniment was the soft hiss of snow passing beneath his skis and the low whistle of the wind as it shaped the loose powder.
I hissed softly, my voice a few octaves higher than it should have been.
By the time Hiss was offering his secrets to Stalin's agents, the news about the gulags - vast concentration camps which slaughtered over 15 million innocent people - was out and beyond dispute.
He opened his mouth - which was curved up with a slightly crooked grin - to speak, but thankfully the elevator tinged and the doors hissed open.
A 79 inf.), reso splendido e commovente da una miniatura di Simone Martini (su progetto iconofrafico dello stesso Petrarca) e dalla nota che registra la data di morte di molti amici, dell'unica amata (Avignone 6 aprile 1348), e poi, volando il tempo, del figlio Giovanni (1361); di quei vecchissimi volumi scovati nelle Biblioteche («inque bibliothecam ... velut in arcem fugio», Fam. Francesco Petrarca, Canzoniere Rerum vulgarium fragmenta, ed & comm. Rosanna Bettarini (Turin, 2005)
So not boo, hiss, pay up as in your good selves making a donation to me. Times, Sunday Times
I am walking speedily along New York's Fifth Avenue when this elegant stranger accosts me, grabs my arm in a vice-like grip and hisses, ‘Where did you get that pin?’
Lots of hisses and boos to the Chancellor for not relenting on that score.
It is so relentlessly "sick", its unleashed cruelty so sadistic (the climax is a graphic clitorectomy) that the audience at the premiere booed and hissed. Karin Badt: Cannes Buzz: Which Film Will Win?
Its hissing and spitting natural geyser is located seven kilometers southeast of the former Jalisco hacienda of El Carmen. Trees, shadows, steam and the rays of the early morning sun combine to cast an eerie spell over the hot river of Los Hervores. Its hissing and spitting natural geyser is located seven kilometers southeast of the former Jalisco hacienda of El Carmen. © Joh
‘Take me away’ Madison hissed jumping to hide further behind the house.
If air is trapped in the radiator it will escape through the valve and hiss. The Sun
An audible hissing pop accompanied the loosening of the last bolt, and at the sight of my leprous fore-arms and the great plates of scabrous horn which have overgrown my chest, the roust-abouts screamed like a pair of God-damned fat ladies.
With bare feet I stepped into the alley and walked slowly, reaching out my hand to the filthy animals that hissed and darted away.
Audio is likewise superbly clear and free of distortion or hiss.
The resident cats of the time didn't much like the hissing and spluttering and clattering the device made as it brewed a new jugful, but they came round in the end.
Viro heard a slither, and a hiss, and looked above; from the rafters, a furred snake hung, its tail coiled upon a rotten wooded sign, the whitish paint flecked and gone.
Around the circular pit were crowded all the races of Garden, or rather, all those races which had not been exterminated resisting the evil Wizards: the hooded Druids, brachiate tree dwellers from the Great Forest, a band of fuzzies in their bright orange robes, many lizard soldiers hissing and laughing and shouting, stubby little Marsh Folk, and hundreds of mutants. Prayers To Broken Stones
A sharp twinge of pain caused him to take in a hissing breath in an effort to resist temptation of crying out as she found the spot.
A large fat possum was caught in bright blue light, hissed and ran up the nearest tree.
It earned him a scowling hiss of disapproval from Dendria and a punch in the shoulder from Naoise for his comedic troubles.
The blue flames that Mr. Astor and I noticed came from the fierce burning of this arseniuretted hydrogen as it hissed from oil vents in the trenches under the drive of powerful pumps. The Conquest of America A Romance of Disaster and Victory
You want to take them to a show where they can shout and scream and hiss and boo the baddy.
Steam hissed and water came in cascading sheets as she shook the biting coldness away.
A cold southerly wind rustled through the coolabah trees with a sweet hissing sound as a corella squawked into a colourless sky. NEWS.com.au | Top Stories
‘Should've eaten breakfast,’ she said hissing through her overactive nostrils.
Their father is still feeding them, and they make a curious hissing noise when he arrives. Times, Sunday Times
And that boy be cockered up much by Mister Dale; and the Papishers went and sat with him and his mother a whole hour t'other day; and that boy is as deep as a well; and I seed him lurking about the place, and hiding hisself under the tree the day the stocks was put up -- and that ere boy is Lenny Fairfield. The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851
Orders were passed on the other side of the hall, the hissing language of the serpent priests impossible to understand. RISE OF A MERCHANT PRINCE: BOOK TWO OF THE SERPENTWAR SAGA
Now he hisses and spins in jumps while powder ice clings to the air but by trade he's a long-haul skater.
The fire hissed as it went out, and around them the cave went dark again as pale wreaths of grey smoke curled through the air.
Needless to say, I have a special place in my heart for onomatopoeias 1: the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (as buzz, hiss) 2: the use of words whose sound suggests the sense (thank you Merriam-Webster). Blog – syllable studio
In the stillness of this beautiful place, it takes little to imagine the hiss of steam and the clattering of motion once more. Times, Sunday Times
It reportedly hissed like a snake and barked like a dog. Times, Sunday Times
I read the first 50 pages of each one hoping to drown out the hissing from the O² machine. Hat trick
I telld him, I nawt go to skool todae, is mega pleh todae, him shud taek car hisself, kuz I nont wunna dryv nowhar. Everytime you LOL… - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
The hiss turned into a scream, this one more like a ship's keel ripping apart under pressure than a triumphant blood-chilling cry like before.
There does some to be some residual analog hiss or static under the audio most of the time, but it is minimal, especially for a film of this age.
‘He were a foreigner – Jevanny he called hisself – and he come a-tweaking his ‘urdy-gurdy round and about the drive one winter day, and master ‘ad him in that minute, and ast all about where he came from, and how old he was, and how he made his way, and where was his relatives, and all as kind as heart could wish. Lost Hearts by M. R. James | Solar Flare: Science Fiction News
He was hissing now, scowling with a hatred and anger at them both.
The breeze whispered along the castle walls and for a moment he thought he heard his name hissing softly in the night wind. Last Sword Of Power
The coachwhip is a nervous snake and may retreat into rocks or rodent burrows when threatened, but it is just as likely to approach an intruder hissing, striking, and possibly shaking its tail; it will bite if handled.
Track four rises out of hiss, radio signals, sundry bleeps and breath like the atmosphere rising out of a tropical swamp.
Actually, both of these soundtracks are in better shape that I anticipated - the dialogue is mostly clear of any hiss or distortion.
The sound of the water hissing in the Devil's Throat was overwhelming.
The audiences boo and hiss jokes and opinions of which they disapprove (which are very often jokes and opinions advancing a perspective friendly to the policies of the current Administration) and react with glee and approval to the sauciest of the jokes and opinions with which they agree (which are very often jokes and opinions critical of the policies of the current Administration). Is That Legal?: October 2007 Archives
Frothy geysers and hissing fumaroles vent into icy air, huge herds of elk and bison gather in low basins for food and warmth, the forest glitters with ice, and a blanket of snow brings a rare silence.
The bare platform and hissing steam are no more. Times, Sunday Times
‘You will not escape me, you meddling fool,’ she hissed out before charging again.
There was a sudden silence of its pattering feet, a hiss and a hideous yowl. AN OLDER WOMAN
‘Whatever, just get to the point’, he said hissing at her.
‘He won't,’ she hissed heading down the hall and into her and Zano's room.
After the word chicanery there was a growing noise, half of murmurs and half of hisses, while four persons started up at once -- Mr. Hawley, Middlemarch
It's the snarling turbines, the hiss of steam and clutter of coal trucks and tram tracks that bring out the inner geek in me. Times, Sunday Times
There is no hiss or other distortion that I could detect.
The worthless overture of the 'Prophete,' disfiguring this fine ensemble, had been hissed by some students of the Conservatoire, and, accustomed as I was to the blindness of the general public, knowing its implacable prejudices, I trembled for the fate of the magnificent septuor about to follow. The Great Italian and French Composers
The studio audience is encouraged to boo and hiss at these insults. Times, Sunday Times
You put Matty's head to de schissors, an 'take him all off, und you shteal den her monish. Uncle Rutherford's Nieces A Story for Girls
It is only when the film quiets down that some minor hiss is audible but it is hardly bothersome.
They darted in between boxes, yowling, hissing and scratching. Chicken Soup for the Soul: Thanks Dad
‘We can't sing, we're supposed to be dead,’ a woman hissed.
The track itself is remarkably clear of distortions such as background hiss or those annoying pops.
Vincent and Vaughn participated in the school's talent show, to the sounds of boos and hisses from the student audience.
Rage that mutilation of women's bodies and souls are daily fodder for primetime TV, whereas this one instance of table-turning has caused such a huge hissyfit. Sure, Women Are Angry
When our male cat tries to mount the female, she hisses and scratches and fights him off - does your female fight?
However, he made out the words Dennier and Earth in the cacophony of clicks and hisses.
I could almost hear the radio audience hissing. Times, Sunday Times
The snake lifted its head and hissed.
I could hear the gurgle and hiss as gases escaped the bloating bodies. Fire The Sky
The sharp hiss in his ear brought his attention back to the meeting.
There was steam hissing from a dozen little spouts and a thick green gas hid the floor.
They were reasonably close and I heard a hiss which meant one had flown just past me. The Sun
The snake hissed and attacked me, but I still stood unmovingly, then it crawled away.
The auditorium was filled with barks, meows, quacks, clucks, hisses and croaks as more then 50 animals were judged on their sweetness, uniqueness, tricks, costumes, behaviour and appearance.
When I looked at the insular P----, and his active rod, I thought him like to Archimedes who had found his extramundane spot of ground, and, as he threw the fly, and bent his back to let it touch the water lightly, was endeavouring to fasten his lever to the base of the adjacent mountain in order to consummate his wish of raising the world; and the circumfluous R---- with his long tackle, that hissed when he cast it with the petulance of an angry switch, appeared an ocean god, who had selected a shorter route to the North Cape by the A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition
If Conan's signing off speech is what you call a hissy fit then I don't want to be around your temper tantrums. EW.com: Today's Latest Headlines
The music is crystal clear without any hiss or distortion in the mix.
Amen! went up to heaven in ratification of the deed, mingled with a few hisses and wrathful exclamations from some who were evidently in a rowdyish state of mind, but who were at once cowed by the popular feeling. Revolution Day
The small probes were hissing and seemed to be emitting noxious gas. The Sun
I never thought I would tire of the hollow hiss and snicker of an open fire, or the sweet smell of burning fatwood, but I did. DOWNTOWN
The rest of his query was drowned out by the sound of hissing air and falling metal as the ship lurched, and at the same time, the door began to open.
It is this kind of surprising observation, this capacity for affection that makes her so novels so capacious: a divorce may be announced, but so is the hissing of a gas fire.
This must be one of the few parts of the world where wine, walking and sea air are bound up with the hoot of the whistle and the hiss of the brakes.
Hissing seconds pass, a lorry overtakes, effervescent bebop fills the car. THE CHEEK PERFORATION DANCE
‘I think it's about time you two broke up this little hissy,’ she said lightly as Akito yelped with surprise and began struggling.
Mother comes, it hisses before flapping batlike wings and flying off. Slayed
At the performance I saw, the audience hissed when his picture appeared.
‘Damnation!’ Eddy hissed as she missed a vital step and felt her sword slip from her hand.
Philip led the way, and they entered the mill, where the warning bells were ringing to give notice that the corn was flowing down rightly; and the mill-hoppers kept on "ruttle, ruttle;" the water hissed, seethed, and rushed under their feet; the millstones rumbled round and round; and there on the top of the sacks, with which the place was half filled, sat the two great white cats belonging to the miller, fast asleep; while in Hollowdell Grange Holiday Hours in a Country Home
Wei Dao hissed a command, and sword pommels began to hammer at the wall. The Veiled Dragon
Weapons were being yanked from where they were stacked, fires hissed as they were dowsed, swords were being strapped on, others were being drawn, horses whinnied at the sudden racket. Men Don't Leave Me
The sound is the original mono, but was very clear without hiss or distortion.
And that would have been the end of it, had Jackie O not thrown a hissy, demanding the band apologise.
It all takes on a strangely peaceful air as the sun sets and the shadows lengthen, with the only sound the scratchy hiss of crickets. Times, Sunday Times
The three tracks recorded in the '30s do have that canned sound of recordings from the time, but without much of the hiss and pops of the old records.
Bartholomew had moved with the grace of a dancer, his sword a silver hissing snake.
He was booed, hissed and publicly spat at. Times, Sunday Times
Again, a long silence, the empty frequency hissing with background noise, probably precipitation static, he guessed. CORMORANT
‘Hey,’ they hiss at us now, ‘I got mine, you get yours - adios chump.’
Even when Hiss appeared in the Venona decrypts, his supporters refused to believe he was guilty.
Actually, the English only track is not that bad, though much hiss and distortion were detected.
I love hissing the villainess as she works her evil wiles and cheering when she gets her eventual comeuppance.
As soon as I was done, the cat started hissing and spitting and arched its back.
Guv'ner says so hisself, an 'the guv'ner knows -- the guv'ner's got a head for business, you bet! The Jungle
He hissed a playful hiss, the guard on the left staring with pleasure.
WILDER: But these things were described as hissy fits. CNN Transcript Apr 24, 2008
‘There is nothing wrong with being in the mortal realm, brother,’ hissed Leara as she sat down in her seat in a most ungraceful manner.
The palm trees were wilding outside, hissing and clapping. A DARKENING STAIN
Further allegations of anti-Catholicism from prominent figures including Cardinal Logue aroused sectarian feelings which led to jeering and hissing on 8 May.
‘You didn't answer my question,’ Reid hissed jerking her in his direction.
The loud hiss of water and a loud slap of tile is heard as Aquila enters the shower, getting a shock from the heat of the water.
Suddenly there was a loud hissing sound and thrashing of water from behind the reeds.
Blisters which had formed the first time now burst, weeping clear fluid on to the burner which hissed like an angry snake.
But she had to be up and working: the blanchisseuse had to be paid, and Mme. Clopin's weekly bill, and all the little "extras" that even her frugal habits had to reckon with. The Letters
Stepanov sat, for a time, looking at the hissing butane gas lamp. KARA KUSH
Why his masculine whore, now the rotten diseases of the south, the guts griping ruptures: loades a gravell in the back, lethergies, could palsies, rawe eies, durtrotte [n] livers, whissing lungs, bladders full of impostume. The Historie of Troylus and Cresseida (1609 Edition)
The figure drew out a slender stiletto dagger before hissing, ‘I am Nightcat, the bringer of your death!’
They added he is low maintenance, but if he's upset he will hiss or nip at fingers.
So not boo, hiss, pay up as in your good selves making a donation to me. Times, Sunday Times
A long, indrawn breath, hissingly let out in surprise.
Of course, he doesn't help matters by throwing a little hissy fit every time he gets sniped at.
'He were a foreigner -- Jevanny he called hisself -- and he come a-tweaking his' urdy-gurdy round and about the drive one winter day, and master 'ad him in that minute, and ast all about where he came from, and how old he was, and how he made his way, and where was his relatives, and all as kind as heart could wish. Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
Breeding adults may emit caws, sighs or hissing calls.
Of the rich metal finds from Hissar III we reproduce p. 43 here only a drawing of a moufflon head, one of five, made of gold foil and intended to be sewn on to some sort of textile. Archive 2008-03-01
While the Kinshaya envoy, Patriarch Radrigi, remained conspicuously mute, the Gorn, Tholian, and Breen diplomats filled the room with a discordant olio of hisses, chirps and clicks, and electronic warbles. Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire
So traumatized by what he saw in China, and so ashamed of being a human, the man returns to his village thinking he is a snake, slithering on the ground, hissing at former friends and family.
These dishes include an imperial sizzling platter with chicken, seafood and noodles that comes to the table hissing on an ironware plate.
The moment the headmaster said this, there was a loud eruption of boos and hisses.
It's the snarling turbines, the hiss of steam and clutter of coal trucks and tram tracks that bring out the inner geek in me. Times, Sunday Times
She heard a faint hiss as the metal struck the water.
The mono audio track is marred by a bit of hiss, but is likewise free of major flaws.
It's got to the point now where there are so many signs that they blur into a background hiss of white noise.
COSTELLO: He suggests Obama allow Clinton to go negative, something he says she's done a pretty good job of, thanks to what he calls hissy fits. CNN Transcript Apr 24, 2008
The result is a hiss inaudible, or almost inaudible, to human ears. The Harper Dictionary of Science in Everyday Language
He heard the hiss of a door shutting and air rushing into the room.
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Steam hissed out from the underside of the panels and the rotating slowed to a halt, the poles chinking into place in the cold, metal floor.
What an odd mixture to carry around in my head, torrents of water dumping from the washers, the hiss of steam rising from the presses, and the grinding protest of the rollers on the flat work ironer when Papa started it up.
The reporter ask you think that the Japanese brigade encounters in China unfrequented, be subjected to to why a lot of hisses are?
‘Why you low-down piece of scum,’ Annabelle hissed.
It sees storm clouds torn from their moorings and smashed against the ground with a minutely escalating, hissing swirl of arterial spray, then morphing into a jackhammer pulse.
His smoking tea went hissing over the " hot coppers " of that respectable veteran.
The elven sorcerer tried to grab the feline, but it hissed and swung with its sharp claws.
The French, caught unawares because they think the appalling Phil Coulter ditty is an intro to an ad for some sort of cross border version of a bawneen sweater, won't even start hissing, sneering or booing. Irish Blogs
And are you quite proficient as a _blanchisseuse? Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley
To be surrounded by dozens of squawking, hissing sea birds with 10 ft wingspans was one thing, but add to that a pod of 600 acrobatic dusky dolphins and you had a wildlife spectacle to rival anything on earth.
I love how he focused on the word hissy fits and ignored everything else. valdivia: Balloon Juice
Hissing and spitting like an angry cat, Arach tried to free herself, but the man was strong.
She hissed, spat and arched her back, and the hyenas kept their distance, though they did manage to grab the stork.
‘His majesty wishes you to come with me,’ he hissed trying to keep his patience, but failing.
He was booed, hissed and publicly spat at. Times, Sunday Times
When Armstrong heard hisses of "doper" while riding in France, he would present the Look - wraparound shades and jutting jaw, as if to say, "Anybody want a piece of me? NYT > Home Page
The thirty-staired Seats, all round our Amphitheatre, get instantaneously slated with mere umbrellas, fallacious when so thick set: our antique Cassolettes become Water-pots; their incense-smoke gone hissing, in a whiff of muddy vapour. The French Revolution
Said-Bookisms That Are Usually Safe asked lied admitted snapped declared accused replied (even though it should be obvious) exclaimed roared yelled speculated mused demanded whispered asserted countered cut in hissed (this sticks out a lot, though … use it very sparingly) barked (this also sticks out) Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Don’t Overuse Exotic Substitutes for “Said”
The audience responded with a cascade of hisses and boos.
A strange low-pitched choked hiss came from behind the huge ornately carved seat back.
The lowering clouds, the sudden downpours, the richly evocative hiss of tarpaulin across closely trimmed lawn? Times, Sunday Times
The Hissatsu's grip is black polymer with a molded-in deep pebble grain surface.
A door hissed and yawned open and an alien spindled his legs down the ramp. 365 tomorrows » 2010 » May : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day
And cats tend to hiss and dig their claws into me, rather than rest beneath my bejewelled stroking fingers.
The elevator tinged behind me, and the doors hissed open.
As her hand almost touched the pile, a sharp hiss filled the air, drowning out all other sounds.
An 'as to why I'd no joined yer precious club, ye can ask that bigger fool Aldershot or whate'er it is he calls hisself when he's at home! The Serpent's Shadow
She heard the indrawn breath hiss sharply through his teeth, and felt the wave of emotion that washed over him.
I heard this Starlight, as he calls hisself now, say to him, Robbery Under Arms
He hissed when Galloway spoke, of course, cheered ostentatiously when King spoke, and generally made himself ridiculous.
I hissed across the table to the twins as the crème brûlée arrived. RESCUING ROSE
The kettle began to whistle and hiss on the stove.
It helps that the band's recordings wear their lo-fi sound like period costume - all tape hiss, tinny high-hat, and slightly reverbed vocals.
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Any man who would call his wife a filthy name, for commenting on a receding hairline is not someone who cares about women or their rights and hisSupreme Court nominees with reflect that. Blitzer: This year, the Supreme Court hangs in the balance
I was booing and hissing the bad guys with the best of them, and I usually hate audience participation.
When alarmed, the _chikara_ stamps its foot and gives a sharp little hiss. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon
They were shamefully treated; and it is recorded that the Oxford scholars hissed and howled and groaned, and misconducted themselves in an anything but a scholarly way. A Child's History of England
He was booed, hissed and publicly spat at. Times, Sunday Times
The snake slithered toward Jessica, bearing its fangs with a hiss.
Benedict drew a hissing breath, and pulled up his horses, his eyes never leaving hers.
There was one of those hissed domestics going on in the seat in front of us.
One had to listen hard to catch the words of the President's speech as the delegates booed and hissed.

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