[
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.
- 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
- In the Whispering Gallery at the presidential library and museum, Aidan was blown away by political cartoons of the day that criticized Lincoln for his stance on slavery.
- Mrs. Lopez wheeled around and whispered something in Eddie's ear.
- 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
