Thesaurus / sibilant
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How to use sibilant in a sentence
But she only lifted a warning finger and made a sibilant sound with her lips, adjuring silence.
THE TIGRESSANNE WARNERExemplify the sibilant impurity with such syllables as pish, false, traitress, miscreant.
THE ONTARIO READERS: THE HIGH SCHOOL READER, 1886MINISTRY OF EDUCATIONBut out of the muck-heap I picked five pearls—four sibilant nouns and a name that I knew before.
THE RIDDLE OF THE SANDSERSKINE CHILDERSGrace whispered, but the sibilant swish of sounds seemed more resonant than an outspoken address might have.
THE GIRL SCOUTS AT CAMP COMALONGLILLIAN GARISThe tones were first high, then low, never guttural, and possessed a certain sibilant quality.
RUTH FIELDING ON THE ST. LAWRENCEALICE B. EMERSONWas it friend or enemy who evidently tried to attract her attention by this sibilant sound?
RUTH FIELDING ON THE ST. LAWRENCEALICE B. EMERSONA sharp, sibilant whispering came from one of these figures, to be answered in an eager chorus from our bearers.
ASTOUNDING STORIES, APRIL, 1931VARIOUSShe heard the indistinct murmur of the priest's voice at intervals, followed by a sibilant sound as of whispers and sobs.
THE ETERNAL CITYHALL CAINEOnce or twice there was a sibilant inrush of breath from some auditor too dumfounded for control.
THIRTYHOWARD VINCENT O'BRIENThe rain drummed noisily on the roof and the soft swish of its descent into the grass rose to a clear, sibilant note.
THE SQUIRREL-CAGEDOROTHY CANFIELDWORDS RELATED TO SIBILANT
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