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
As Dr. Johnson would have said: Sir, there was a habit of sibilation in the house.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 67, May, 1863 by Various
S has a hissing sound, as sibilation, sister.
From A Grammar of the English Tongue by Samuel Johnson
Sibilation -- N. sibilance, sibilation; zip; hiss &c. v.; sternutation; high note &c.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget
The reptile hissed, accompanying the sibilation with a sharp “skirr” of its tail.
From Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land by Mayne Reid
