faint hiss

Frequency: 6.26.9 per million words

describes a very quiet hissing sound

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Examples (10)

  • We could hear the faint hiss of escaping gas.
  • A faint hiss emanated from the old radiator.
  • She heard a faint hiss as the steam escaped the valve.
  • The recording picked up a faint hiss in the background.
  • There was a faint hiss when he opened the soda can.
  • He noticed a faint hiss coming from the deflating tire.
  • A faint hiss of static filled the silent room.
  • The engineer detected a faint hiss in the complex machinery.
  • I could discern a faint hiss from the leaking pipe.
  • The microphone caught a faint hiss of air in the recording.