sibilant

Example Sentences

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

From BBC • Aug. 19, 2021

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

From Scientific American • Jun. 14, 2021

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 • Oct. 31, 2020

The mask muffles your voice; the sibilant hiss of oxygen pouring from face masks all over the ER drowns out your words.

From Washington Post • Apr. 13, 2020

In the silence Harry imagined he could hear the snake hissing slightly as it coiled and uncoiled—or was it Voldemort’s sibilant sigh lingering on the air?

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling