Little lines of crawling blue fire crackled over the Cat's battered paintwork.

There was a pause while the overseas line crackled.

A pause, then a man's voice, the line crackling so that she could not hear what he said.

Someone was saying something at the other end but none of the watchers could hear because the line was crackling and buzzing.

The line crackled with static for a few seconds.

Three lines crackled with data from lifting and approaching landers.

His lawyer sighed so loudly that the line crackled.

Dan used his louder-than-normal car phone voice, and the line crackled.

That was why the line crackled so much.

The line hissed and crackled as if the call were coming from a long way away.