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

S has a hissing sound, as sibilation, sister.

From A Grammar of the English Tongue by Johnson, Samuel

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

From Within the Tides by Conrad, Joseph

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

From April Hopes by Howells, William Dean

Their fall was a soft sibilation, a long-drawn sigh.

From A Maid of the Silver Sea by Oxenham, John