susurration
Example Sentences
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The soothing susurration of a thickly wooded forest calls to Van Pelt.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 1, 2023
The Armenian-American composer Mary Kouyoumdjian’s “I Haven’t the Words” was a restless, questioning susurration precipitated by the tumults of 2020, including the pandemic lockdowns and George Floyd’s murder.
From New York Times • Jan. 29, 2023
I like the susurration of that middle line, and the sly nod to the capital city in the last one.
From Washington Post • Mar. 27, 2022
Prum thinks that long ago, an earlier version of the bird’s courtship dance incidentally produced a feathery susurration.
From New York Times • Jan. 9, 2019
And when we are kneeling, heads bowed slightly, I can hear from all around us a susurration, like the rustling of insects in tall dry grass: a cloud of whispers.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
Vocabulary lists containing susurration
The Handmaid's Tale
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
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Watership Down
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