How do you use Hissed in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Hissed meaning
simple past and past participle of hiss
Using Hissed
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of hiss
- In the example corpus, hissed often appears in combinations such as: hissed at.
Context around Hissed
- Average sentence length in these examples: 13 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 5 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Hissed
- In this selection, "hissed" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 13 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, laughter, friend and suddenly stand out and add context to how "hissed" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include eye or hissed or shown and he was hissed. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "hissed" sits close to words such as aami, abada and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with hissed
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Steam hissed from the radiator. (5 words)
They hissed at Smith and Jones. (6 words)
When Bush rose to speak, he was hissed. (8 words)
After the surrender, the Volunteers were hissed at, pelted with refuse, and denounced as "murderers" and "starvers of the people". (20 words)
Kauffman, American Brutus, p. 95. citation The audience hissed at the inexperienced actor when he missed some of his lines. (20 words)
It hadn’t given me the evil eye or hissed or shown any inclination that it might eat me. (19 words)
My friend hissed in horror: ‘What are you doing? (9 words)
Example sentences (12)
If he smiled, I can’t remember, and his laughter hissed like steam escaping a boiling pot.
My friend hissed in horror: ‘What are you doing?
She had just broadcast a routine weather report when her radio receiver suddenly hissed into life.
Steam hissed from the radiator.
It’s not going to get you anywhere,” the smuggler hissed at her.
It hadn’t given me the evil eye or hissed or shown any inclination that it might eat me.
They hissed at Smith and Jones.
When Bush rose to speak, he was hissed.
After the surrender, the Volunteers were hissed at, pelted with refuse, and denounced as "murderers" and "starvers of the people".
Kauffman, American Brutus, p. 95. citation The audience hissed at the inexperienced actor when he missed some of his lines.
Mud was slung at his carriage and he was publicly hissed.
The Belgian writer was promptly “hissed at” by the disapproving festival crowd.
Common combinations with hissed
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- hissed at 5×