They could hear only the cracking of the burning thorns and the hissing of flames which illumined the overhanging rocks forming a semi-circle.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
cracking whips, we scattered the guarding dogs.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
It seemed unlikely that the ice along the entire chain would break at once, but its cracking under the step of one of us seemed probable.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook