sibilation
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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
Sibilation -- N. sibilance, sibilation; zip; hiss &c. v.; sternutation; high note &c.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget
The South-American Spaniards, so largely recruited from Andalusia, maintain the same sibilation, which is about as offensive to a true Castilian as the dropping of an H is to an educated Englishman.
From The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] by George Henry Borrow
My lord prolonged the sibilation of his 'Yes,' in the way of absent-minded men.
From Lord Ormont and His Aminta — Complete by George Meredith
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 Mayne Reid
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