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

When a lady walks through a college quadrangle and hears no sibilation, let her know sadly that first youth is past.

From Pipefuls by Morley, Christopher

A dolorous whistle chimed harmonies, and with regular sibilation came to time, quavering out the chromatic moments of this nasal hour.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 by Various

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 Reid, Mayne

Suddenly, like the hiss of ten thousand times ten thousand snakes, a rushing sibilation passed through the momentarily darkened air.

From The Mark of the Beast by Watson, Sidney