I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ barely audible , the barest , faint , gentle , hushed , low , mere , quiet , slight ( esp. AmE ), soft
▪
A barely audible ~ came from the closet.
▪
Jake got excited at the merest ~ of his lover.
▪ fierce , harsh
▪ audible , loud , stage
▪
‘I knew this would happen,’ he said in a stage ~ (= one that he wanted everyone to hear) .
▪ choked ( esp. AmE ), hoarse , husky
▪ excited , urgent
▪ conspiratorial
VERB + WHISPER
▪ hear
PREPOSITION
▪ above a ~
▪
Their voices were very quiet, hardly above a ~.
▪ in a ~
▪
They spoke in ~s.
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ gently , quietly , softly
▪ loudly
▪ hoarsely , huskily
▪ fiercely , harshly , urgently
▪
‘Come on,’ he ~ed urgently.
▪ brokenly , shakily
▪ angrily , bitterly , furiously
▪ conspiratorially
▪ excitedly
▪ almost , half
▪ barely ( esp. AmE )
▪ back
▪
‘Yes,’ I ~ed back.
VERB + WHISPER
▪ can only
▪
He could only ~ in reply.
▪ hear sb
▪
She heard him ~ her name.
PREPOSITION
▪ about
▪
I felt that everyone was ~ing about me.
▪ against
▪
‘Hush!’ he ~ed against her hair.
▪ through
▪
‘No!’ he ~ed through gritted teeth.
▪ to
▪
‘Let's go,’ she ~ed to Anne.
PHRASES
▪ ~ sth in sb's ear , ~ sth into sb's ear
Whisper is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ voice
Whisper is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ apology , ↑ prayer , ↑ word