sibilant

Example Sentences

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In another passage, the players briefly whisper sibilants; a series of sliding glissandos in a double bass near the end, almost vocal, feels like a tiny, impeded aria.

From New York Times

Even their language sets them apart from their neighbors: an invisible barrier of sibilants and elided vowels that always sounds like music to me.

From Seattle Times

The sibilant sound of the rattlesnake's tail has long been a movie cliché.

From BBC

The insectivorous choruses actually synchronize their sibilant symphonies in a deafening, but gorgeous, hum.

From Scientific American

He was sometimes criticised and even ridiculed for never changing his deep, abrasive, slightly sibilant Scottish burr no matter if he were playing an Irishman, an Arab or a Russian.

From The Guardian