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whispering

[hwis-per-ing, wis-] / ˈʰwɪs pər ɪŋ, ˈwɪs- /


NOUN
soft speaking
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He continued: “You know, Melania’s birthday is on Sunday. She’s planning to celebrate at home the same way she always does, looking out a window and whispering, ‘What have I done?'”

From Salon • Apr. 27, 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

“That’s all him,” he said, indicating Gosling, which prompted Mendes to grab her beau’s face and start whispering into his ear.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

“People have come in the shop whispering ‘did you hear Taylor Swift filmed here?’” said Kate Sims, who works in a health store in the mall.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

Seven could see her father holding her mother’s hand and whispering to her calmly.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega




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