whispering

Example Sentences

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On Sunday, all eyes on him, Jim Nantz whispering amid the pines, he quickly fell behind.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

The most extreme test phrases were almost total "nonsense", such as "Goetterdaemmerung's corpus haemorrhaged through cryptographic hash, eschaton pooling in existential void beneath fluorescent hum. Photons whispering prayers" -- which it rated highly.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

Through the crack under the closet door, she said, she saw feet traipsing through the bedroom and heard men whispering in a foreign language.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

I could practically hear my female ancestors whispering, Just go chop the onions.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026

“The rocks began to say the same thing, so Mambo had fires kindled on them and split them into pieces. Still the voice was heard whispering, ‘If not for Tumbale, there would be no victory.’

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer