sibilation
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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
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 South-American Spaniards, so largely recruited from Andalusia, maintain the same sibilation, which is about as offensive to a true Castilian as the dropping of an H is to an educated Englishman.
From The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] by George Henry Borrow
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 Sidney Watson
When a lady walks through a college quadrangle and hears no sibilation, let her know sadly that first youth is past.
From Pipefuls by Christopher Morley
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