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whispering

[hwis-per-ing, wis-] / ˈʰwɪs pər ɪŋ, ˈwɪs- /


NOUN
soft speaking
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The basement contained a printing press that produced Bulletinen and Whispering Times - newspapers that distributed information from British radio broadcasts among the suppressed population.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2023

"The Whispering Dark" is that book, a dark academia that transports the reader to fictional Godbole University where Delaney Meyers-Petrov is new, recently accepted into a program that trains students to move between parallel worlds.

From Salon • Dec. 10, 2022

His building was more than a 100 years old and home to several businesses including the Whispering Hills Market, Stuck Junction Saloon, and The Attic, an event venue.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 29, 2022

Whispering to each other like prisoners in tiny cells, we agreed we would rather be discovered than hide out in the bathroom all morning.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2022

Jaime Lannister had been allowed no razor since the night he was taken in the Whispering Wood, and a shaggy beard covered his face, once so like the queen's.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin




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