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

The South-American Spaniards, so largely recruited from Andalusia, maintain the same sibilation, which is about as offensive to a true Castilian as the dropping of an H is to an educated Englishman.

From The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] by Borrow, George Henry

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

When a lady walks through a college quadrangle and hears no sibilation, let her know sadly that first youth is past.

From Pipefuls by Morley, Christopher

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

From Within the Tides by Conrad, Joseph