sibilance
Example Sentences
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Even now, she records many of her vocals at home, with a sock stretched over the microphone to prevent popping and sibilance.
From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026
One of the trombonists folded tin foil across the bell of his horn, creating a restless sibilance underneath the crystal tones and rough growls of his bandmates.
From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2020
“If I had,” this dainty woman says mildly, with a faintly Teutonic sibilance, “I would be getting out of prison right about now.”
From Washington Post • Sep. 30, 2019
They support Qualcomm’s AptX standard, their bass has a nice punch and heft to it, there’s no harshness or sibilance to the trebles, and all across the audio spectrum their sound is clear and balanced.
From The Verge • Sep. 5, 2019
Orr snickered with a slight, mucid sibilance and turned back to his work, squatting.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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