Crackles

Benny Nguyen crackles with creative energy and a surprising sense of humor.

Each track crackles to life like a film reel, throwing shapes of hip-hop, R&B, soft rock, and psychedelia into the ether.

Sheer anticipation crackles through the air like static before a lightning strike.

Is there anything better than cozying up next to the fireplace with your favorite pet and watching movies while the fire crackles in the background?

Her enthusiasm for the Herald's Women and Money subject virtually crackles through her car phone as we talk.

I attempt to break through the manipulation of sound and find the voices that Norment recorded, but she's good at her craft and all I can make out are more crackles, waves, and hums.

The dialogue moves so rapidly it crackles, further enriching the immediacy to the digital sheen provided by the iPhone photography.

The formal Obama photograph from 2011 crackles with suspense because the president’s group monitors the raid at which Navy Seals murdered bin Laden at a chemical in Abbottabad, Pakistan.

The writing crackles, the insights are unsparing and the book delivers a witty, satirical picture of Hindu mythology and the formation of modern India, warts and all.

Ube halaya, purple yam cooked down into something between custard and jam, is rolled into a lumpia wrapper and dropped in the deep fryer; under a fork, the shell crackles and the insides ooze out, vivid and royal.

Set in Harlem, it crackles with rage at the many racial inequities facing black Americans, including police brutality, mass incarceration, housing discrimination, and limited educational and occupational opportunities.

Egg yolk is never used by itself with pigment; it dries almost immediately and crackles when it is dry.