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 reptile hissed, accompanying the sibilation with a sharp “skirr” of its tail.

From Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land by Reid, Mayne

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

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)

At the same time a sibilation of leaves ran through the sultry air.

From Shadows of Flames A Novel by Rives, Amélie