sibilation
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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
There was something dismal, something of the sick-room, in this perpetual, guarded sibilation.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
"Ah, it isn't quite like a gentleman's stealing a few spoons," old Corey began, in the gentle way he had, and with a certain involuntary sibilation through the gaps between his front teeth.
From The Quality of Mercy by William Dean Howells
My lord prolonged the sibilation of his 'Yes,' in the way of absent-minded men.
From Lord Ormont and His Aminta — Complete by George Meredith
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
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