[
UK
/wˈɪspɐ/
]
[ US /ˈhwɪspɝ, ˈwɪspɝ/ ]
[ US /ˈhwɪspɝ, ˈwɪspɝ/ ]
NOUN
- a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind
- speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords
VERB
- speak softly; in a low voice
How To Use whisper In A Sentence
- There are drifts of feverfew, clouds of philadelphus, grasses whispering in the breeze, and everywhere the perfume of 1,000 blossoms keeping the countryside alive in the heart of London.
- Oh bravissimo in chorus, and he would have danced out into the middle of the room before us all, had not Fortunata whispered in his ear, telling him, I suppose, that such low buffoonery was not in keeping with his dignity. Satyricon
- There was some barely audible whispering and my boss spoke again, only this time in a deeper voice.
- The 'American Empire' of the late 20th century, which Luce more politely referred to as the 'American Century', and of which no presidents since Eisenhower and JFK ever whispered the word 'Empire' while it actually existed, was already body-snatched by the time anyone other than Chomsky and Chalmers Johnson impolitely called it by its real name. Barack Obama: Manchurian Candidate Version 2.0
- It still whispered about, prowling in the back of his consciousness, murmuring darkly even though his body was slack with well-satisfied relief. Captured by Moonlight
- She seduces the despondent radical with whispers about the bleakness of mankind.
- He gently rattled the cage and whispered to the canary.
- ‘Shh, shh… ‘Luke whispered, wiping the tears off of her cheeks with his thumbs.
- They had come, at last, to the whisperer 's house, and very smart it was too. EVERVILLE
- He heard the voice as clearly as if it had been whispered in his ear, a hollow, sepulchral voice. THE SERPENT'S MARK
