How to Use hiss in a Sentence

hiss

verb
  • The audience hissed him off the stage.
  • The radiator hissed as it let off steam.
  • Louis let out a hissing breath.
    — Dolores Brown, Outdoor Life, 17 June 2026
  • Well, at least there was no one to boo and hiss at her this time.
    — Lisa Ryan, The Cut, 3 Nov. 2017
  • Then there's hissing through the air vents.
    — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Perseus hissed at the new traffic lights and turned around back home.
    — Joshua Barone, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2018
  • The crowd hissed and yelled as an older man tried to break the line.
    — José De Córdoba, WSJ, 21 June 2019
  • The heaters hissed and clanked, let off steam, fogged up the windows.
    — Literary Hub, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Gordon slid back to the bag each time as the crowd hissed more and more.
    — Matt Breen, Philly.com, 31 Aug. 2017
  • Along with the many reasons to hiss, there are many reasons to cheer.
    — Mark Dawidziak, cleveland.com, 18 July 2019
  • Carrie’s voice hisses in my ear.
    — Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The video shows the hissing snake being pulled out of the toilet bowl.
    — CBS News, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Getting hissed off So here’s a thing that happened.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Guay said Amos is sassy and spends much of his time hissing at zookeepers.
    — Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2018
  • My pal was in deep slumber, breathed through this kind of hissing accordion.
    — Sam Lipsyte, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Doormen stared into space as crowded buses hissed along the curbs.
    — Megan K. Stack, The New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2019
  • There was blood on the floor, the otter was hissing, and my daughter was screaming.
    — Kathy Leigh Berkowitz, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2020
  • His breath, hissing out into the moonlit air, would have fogged the lenses.
    — David Canfield, EW.com, 26 June 2019
  • Steam now hissed from a second manhole cover, and there were flames shooting up out of the first.
    — Richard Brookhiser, National Review, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Hard, blaming words hissed back and forth, compounded by shock and fatigue.
    — Outside Online, 10 July 2024
  • Chloe reared up and hissed, then shot back across the apartment and retreated to her spot under the bed.
    — Melissa Petro, Good Housekeeping, 29 June 2017
  • He was later woken up by a hissing sound and noticed a flame on the floor of his bedroom.
    — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The audience is encouraged to cheer for the good buys and boo and hiss the villains.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2023
  • The snow hissed violently off the bottoms of my skis to form blue contrails.
    — Tim Neville, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2016
  • Hydrogen gas hissed through the breaches and drifted up to the top of the building.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 31 Oct. 2011
  • Instead one of my friends kept leaning over to hiss objections, while the other fell asleep.
    — Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 20 Apr. 2018
  • The beaver hissed but wasn't in a position to attack or bite firefighters called to help free him.
    — Katy Moeller, idahostatesman, 21 May 2018
  • Gaga hisses to her hair and makeup team after Priestly swans away.
    — Nigel Smith, PEOPLE, 2 May 2026
  • The previous week, Nini had boldly hissed at her from five feet away.
    — Tao Lin, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Joyce and my mother stood in the hallway, speaking in rapid hissing whispers.
    — Jamie Quatro, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023

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