whisper
Example Sentences
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This is where the dream ends for so many of my parents’ generation, who once came westward on the whisper of hope.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
I had more trouble with voiceless consonants than voiced ones—one of the sample sentences for this type of SD reduced my voice to a whisper on nearly every syllable.
From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026
He said she used "all of her remaining strength" in her final moments to whisper a message for daughter Maddie and him "that will sustain me for the rest of my life".
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
“That’s right, your shoulder’s coming down,” she said in her calming whisper.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
With a sheepish look on his red face, Grandpa said in a whisper, “I’m sorry. This is our first time in a library.”
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
Vocabulary lists containing whisper
"Charlotte's Web": Chapter One
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Vocabulary from poems about communication
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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