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

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

"Whew!" whistled Dr. Hawkes; and the sibilation was repeated by Uncle Moses, for each of them weighed over two hundred and a quarter.

From Across India Or, Live Boys in the Far East by Optic, Oliver

My lord prolonged the sibilation of his 'Yes,' in the way of absent-minded men.

From Lord Ormont and His Aminta — Complete by Meredith, George

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 Stevenson, Robert Louis