sibilant
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The sibilant sound of the rattlesnake's tail has long been a movie cliché.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2021
The insectivorous choruses actually synchronize their sibilant symphonies in a deafening, but gorgeous, hum.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 14, 2021
He was sometimes criticised and even ridiculed for never changing his deep, abrasive, slightly sibilant Scottish burr no matter if he were playing an Irishman, an Arab or a Russian.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 31, 2020
The mask muffles your voice; the sibilant hiss of oxygen pouring from face masks all over the ER drowns out your words.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2020
In the silence Harry imagined he could hear the snake hissing slightly as it coiled and uncoiled—or was it Voldemort’s sibilant sigh lingering on the air?
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
Vocabulary lists containing sibilant
To Kill a Mockingbird
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"A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner
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