hiss

• The creature then gave a hiss, as if it did not like such treatment, and whisking its tail urged its float towards the bank I say, Barry, the brute's coming towards us," cried Gerald. —  The Young Llanero A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela
• There was a fierce hiss, a shrill scream and something went by A shell passed near us then," said Harley, "and there's another. —  Before the Dawn A Story of the Fall of Richmond
• That's all Hah Max drew his breath with a low hiss, and gazed sharply from Kenneth to the foaming water they were approaching so swiftly, and now, with the little knowledge he had gained, the lowering mass of rock began to look terribly forbidding, and the birds which flew shrieking away seemed to be uttering cries of warning Hadn't you better pull the left rein--I mean steer away, if it's so dangerous No; I'm going in between those two rocks, close in. —  Three Boys or the Chiefs of the Clan Mackhai
• They are going to stay Ching drew his breath with a low hiss, and was silent for a few minutes. —  Blue Jackets The Log of the Teaser
• At every stamp there was a hiss--a sharp, angry hiss and a puff of vapour rose from among the leaves There's your serpent," he said, laughing. —  Mother Carey's Chicken Her Voyage to the Unknown Isle

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