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

He was silent long enough to whet an imagined expectation; then he set his face towards the sky, and began a soft, low, coaxing sibilation between his teeth.

From Dr. Breen's Practice by Howells, William Dean

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

S has a hissing sound, as sibilation, sister.

From A Grammar of the English Tongue by Johnson, Samuel

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