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 Richard Henry Dana
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
At the same time a sibilation of leaves ran through the sultry air.
From Shadows of Flames A Novel by Amélie Rives
As Dr. Johnson would have said: Sir, there was a habit of sibilation in the house.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 67, May, 1863 by Various
