susurrant

Example Sentences

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Then came a pause, a susurrant scratching of New Deal heads.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was written in hypnotic, susurrant prose; it brimmed with intriguing knowledge; and for a book aimed at a popular audience, it was hard to fault scientifically.

From Time Magazine Archive

A man escaping from Biddle Island would do better to try his luck with the river, the tides, and the sharks, than to test the quiet susurrant heart of the marsh.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

The atmosphere of the plane's interior was filled with the low murmur of a hundred conversations against the background of the susurrant mutter of the mighty engines.

From The Penal Cluster by Garrett, Randall

Also, there lacked the persistent susurrant sound of the ventilation pumps.

From The Stars, My Brothers by Finlay, Virgil