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

A dolorous whistle chimed harmonies, and with regular sibilation came to time, quavering out the chromatic moments of this nasal hour.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 by Various

As Dr. Johnson would have said: Sir, there was a habit of sibilation in the house.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 67, May, 1863 by Various

Boardman appeared shocked, and yet somewhat amused; he made a soft low sibilation between his teeth.

From April Hopes by Howells, William Dean

Challenger walked across to the oxygen tube, and the sound of the loud hissing fell away till it was the most gentle sibilation.

From The Poison Belt by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir