sibilation

Example Sentences

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Something about the patience in her phrasing and the delicacy of her sibilation always turns the clock into vapor.

From Washington Post • Mar. 27, 2023

My lord prolonged the sibilation of his 'Yes,' in the way of absent- minded men.

From Lord Ormont and His Aminta — Volume 4 by Meredith, George

When a bird called one started involuntarily, for the air was so muffled and heavy that it was strange to find it open instantly to let free the delicate sibilation.

From The Sea and the Jungle by Tomlinson, H. M. (Henry Major)

Their fall was a soft sibilation, a long-drawn sigh.

From A Maid of the Silver Sea by Oxenham, John

The world was still, except for the sibilation of the whispering heads bunched together over the table.

From Within the Tides by Conrad, Joseph