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

They make it clear and penetrating; yet it seems a poor, effeminate sibilation, and no generous, open-mouthed call.

From To Cuba and Back by Dana, Richard Henry

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

From A Maid of the Silver Sea by Oxenham, John

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

Sibilation -- N. sibilance, sibilation; zip; hiss &c. v.; sternutation; high note &c.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark