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

From Within the Tides by Conrad, Joseph

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

They make it clear and penetrating; yet it seems a poor, effeminate sibilation, and no generous, open-mouthed call.

From To Cuba and Back by Dana, Richard Henry

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