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whispered

adjective as in spoken in a soft or quiet voice

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adjective as in rumored

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As his widow started speaking, she looked upwards and whispered a silent prayer.

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The next morning she took him to see their infirm mother, who whispered in his ear: “I didn’t think you’d ever come back.”

When Hillary Clinton supporters whispered during the 2008 presidential race that Latinos would never vote for a Black candidate, they gladly joined the coalition that put Barack Obama in the White House.

Lancashire's Luke Wood was whispered about earlier in the summer.

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Her aide whispered, “I think Millie is concentrating on the birds.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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