SIBILANT


Meaning of SIBILANT in English

adjective

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

sibilant whispers

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Suddenly Hugo heard a harsh sibilant inhalation of breath.

There would have been no sound down there but the sibilant trickle of water.

They spoke among themselves in whispers, which fell off into sibilant monosyllables, and then into nothing at all.

Wakelate applied a sizzle stick to the sibilant huffing of the gas.

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