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
He then would have told her alone, but even as he tried to hush his voice, it seemed to pierce the quietude "with frightful audibility, like the sibilation of a possessing spirit."
From Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman by Gould, George M. (George Milbrey)
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 Borrow, George Henry
Their fall was a soft sibilation, a long-drawn sigh.
From A Maid of the Silver Sea by Oxenham, John
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
