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
Challenger walked across to the oxygen tube, and the sound of the loud hissing fell away till it was the most gentle sibilation.
From The Poison Belt by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
He then would have told her alone, but even as he tried to hush his voice, it seemed to pierce the quietude "with frightful audibility, like the sibilation of a possessing spirit."
From Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman by George M. (George Milbrey) Gould
Boardman appeared shocked, and yet somewhat amused; he made a soft low sibilation between his teeth.
From April Hopes by William Dean Howells
"Whew!" whistled Dr. Hawkes; and the sibilation was repeated by Uncle Moses, for each of them weighed over two hundred and a quarter.
From Across India Or, Live Boys in the Far East by Oliver Optic
