How To Use Whispered In A Sentence

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
He gently rattled the cage and whispered to the canary.
‘Shh, shh… ‘Luke whispered, wiping the tears off of her cheeks with his thumbs.
He heard the voice as clearly as if it had been whispered in his ear, a hollow, sepulchral voice. THE SERPENT'S MARK
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
Lord George professed that he had observed the same thing; but then, as he whispered into Mr. Nappie's ear, Mr. Greystock was particularly known as a bashful man. The Eustace Diamonds
She whispered, but Will murmured in an undertone for her to be quiet.
The story being whispered about the neighbourhood.
The Colonel bowed his head and whispered a prayer of thanksgiving.
He whispered a word in my ear.
`Fool," he whispered, still quoting from the Scriptures, ` dost thou not know that this A SHRINE OF MURDERS
'Keep your voice down,' I whispered.
The Professor had come over and whispered discreetly that he'd like to see me in his office once I was done for the day.
The in-flight movie was the remake of The Manchurian Candidate, about a politician who receives instructions whispered into his ear by outside manipulators.
I swallowed the lump that had gathered in my throat and whispered the words back.
He whispered the message to David.
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
'Friend,' whispered he, 'for charity conduct us to some safe place where we may withdraw this bier from the sacrilegious eye of curiosity.' The Scottish Chiefs
He came looking for Priscilla, and is grumly at not finding her," whispered Elizabeth Tilley; but Mary Chilton with a wise nod replied, as one who knows, -- Standish of Standish A story of the Pilgrims
On the second day she whispered when she spoke, not wanting to wake her.
He wrapped his arms around her and began stroking her hair as he whispered, ‘Shh, shh, shh.’
The fasciated honey-eater has loudly called “with a voice that seemed the very sound of happiness”; the leaden flycatcher, often silent but seldom still, has twittered and whispered plaintively; the sun-birds are playing gymnastics among the lemon blossoms, and the centre of activity for butterflies is the red-flowered shrub bordering the wavering path. Tropic Days
He whispered something dirty in my ear. The Sun
Struggling for a last breath, he whispered the first thing that came to his mind.
He whispered when he reached her, folding her in his arms.
Soon, to the whispered supplication of, `Shantih, go to sleep! THE BROKEN GOD
“Tell me, you green-eyed whelp,” he whispered, leaning down. End of Time
Others around the room talk over cognac or whiskey in whispered voices.
As the last words came hoarsely forth on to the night air, _clang, clang, clang_, burst out the tocsin of the alarm bell, silencing the music in the ballroom and sending an electric thrill through every listener within the precincts of the castle; but ere the great bell had sent forth a score of vibrating notes which came quivering through the darkness and echoing from every wall, the clattering of hoofs began in obedience to the whispered commands of his Majesty of France: The King's Esquires The Jewel of France
She leant over and whispered something in his ear.
‘Bye,’ he nearly whispered, before bounding down the hallway to meet up with the group of friends that had called for him.
A vedro [2 3/4 gallons] and a half to the cauldron!" whispered the ex-soldier with a computative grunt as he gained his feet. Through Russia
And if I thought I caught my name whispered on the breeze, I chose not to acknowledge it. Brush of Darkness
Somebody whispered that films like that were illegal.
She drew herself up like a queen, but only that she might look queenlier for his sake, and, bending, kissed his brow, and whispered back his vows. A Mountain Woman
Leave plate in wastebasket, Missy," he whispered hoarsely. Just Patty
She could smell his rank breath as he whispered fervently to her.
It has been whispered that ideological differences may underpin the row. Times, Sunday Times
Hamper bent to Dunbar and whispered, beerily, in his ear: "P'r'aps 'e don't want to' ear, guv'nor! The Yellow Claw
Are you awake, Lucy?" she whispered.
The Spenser sisters giggled and whispered most of the time, which I thought was very impolite and immature. WEB OF DREAMS
Sidonia, in spite of the whispered dislike of an illustrious personage, opened the campaign with all the full appanages of a giant of the highest standing. Framley Parsonage
The breeze whispered along the castle walls and for a moment he thought he heard his name hissing softly in the night wind. Last Sword Of Power
Lou turned to Mark and whispered something in his ear.
He whispered her name aloud in the dark room, and closed his eyes, trying to imagine what the rest of his life would be without her in it. Voices Carry
General Howrad was basking in the cheers when, his aide leaned in and whispered something in his ear.
‘See,’ he whispered as her bra followed the path of her dress and her creamy tip-tilted breasts swayed and settled high against her slender ribcage. Mistress for a Weekend
She leaned over and whispered something in his ear.
He watched the yellow cabs sink into soulful dusk, that particular spendthrift light that falls dyingly on Park Avenue in the hour before people take leave of the office and become husbands and wives again, or whatever people become in whatever murmurous words when evenings grow swift and whispered. Underworld
An historical failure as a Nation to protect our selves from the greatest threat of all, extreme ignorance, hubris and greed in power. whispered on the whirlwind ..... Brennan: Cheney wrong to criticize Obama
She leaned over and whispered something in his ear.
Within a few years of having that gigantic show that’s actually been studied in sociology classes in universities for the impact it had on our culture—that show that was a training ground for people who learned enough to go on to massive careers—within a few years of that, I actually started to hear the word has-been whispered behind my back! Roseanne Archy
He bent towards me and whispered in my ear.
Darrow had whispered, throwing a reassuring arm round my shoulder.Sentence dictionary
Ah Q whispered a while to Wang Hun's ear.
And say, " he whispered, jovially , pulling Hurstwood over by the shoulder so that he might whisper in his ear, "if this isn't a good show, I'll punch your head.
Jaelyn whispered in Brooke's ear as Hugh walked, no, strutted into the room.
Before he could reseat himself, the judge whispered something in his ear, then turned away. ANGELS EVERYWHERE
And if Alan has whispered any secrets, she's not telling!
At the whispered word Jocelyn loosed the dagger and, clasping her instead, kissed her full-lipped. The Geste of Duke Jocelyn
Pianissimos were so soft they whispered, the fortes were imbued with a warmth and strength that echoed through the chapel and up to its high, vaulted ceilings.
She drew me aside and whispered in my ear.
They blackjacked us," whispered Kennedy to me as I staggered to my feet. The Poisoned Pen
Her face was so solemn that he almost whispered his answer. The Secret Garden
“Adam Beckerman,” Lord Havelock called, and a fair amount of boys nudged one another and whispered as Adam stepped forward with his chin held high and his small circular hat he’d told Henry on the train that this was called a yarmulke clearly visible. KNIGHTLEY ACADEMY
Keleus thrust his spear into the earth and looked upon the dying sky, flushed in crimson, and he whispered unto the winds.
‘Hello boss,’ a voice whispered huskily into her ear.
She whispered hello, then began to make her way to her room, where she hoped to take a nap.
This was a false assumption; Jone was well-versed in the holy scriptures, and it was whispered that he had the ability to conjure up eidolons and spirits.
For real, a mussy-headed teenage boy whispered, jostling his mother in the next row. Lauren Gunderson: I Heart Hamlet
She whispered something to him, gave him a quick peck on the cheek then strode past me without a sideward glance.
The story being whispered about the neighbourhood.
She spoke only when asked a question, and even then her answers were simple—a whispered balay or nay, nothing else. Lipstick in Afghanistan
The organist often crackled or whined the Gregorian-chant hymns and the celebrant often hummed, mumbled, or whispered the Latin prayers.
It is whispered about all the time. Times, Sunday Times
I heard a gentle tap at the hall door, then a hurried colloguing in the hall; and Hannah put in her head and whispered: -- My New Curate
‘Here,’ she whispered, taking my hand in her own, her fingers twining themselves around mine.
What happened in the factory is being whispered about the neighborhood.
By days, she whispered encouraging words to the blooms that she pruned and primped. Three-Minute Fiction Favorites
Je t'aime," she whispered to me, and reached up and pulled me down to my knees. THE BLACK BOOK: DIARY OF A TEENAGE STUD VOL. III: RUN, JONAH, RUN
She craned her head slightly to the side as a husky voice, choked with emotion, whispered into her ear.
‘Dimitri,’ whispered Bartholomew to the hulking form squatting in the center of the earthen room.
In contrast to the dignified silence from the other side, even slyly whispered accusations are magnified to sound deafeningly crass.
Remember the word urgently whispered into Dustin Hoffman’s ear in the 1967 movie The Graduate—the secret that would lead him on to great fortune? The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time
I met my share of vieilles dames while living in Brittany who whispered to me never-to-be-forgotten stories of their lives sous la botte Nazi during the occupation. Colis - French Word-A-Day
She was renewing all her whispered and out-spoken charges when Dickery showed himself at her side, put his hand under her elbow, and wheeled her about, and while she called gayly over her shoulder to the others, "Did you ever?" walked her definitively out of the house. A Pair of Patient Lovers
She whispered a silent prayer that her wounded brother would not die.
In the whispered conversations that were conducted at his cribside, they used the word neglect. Between Expectations
He gently rattled the cage and whispered to the canary.
Sarah whispered softly in remembrance of her dear friend who had passed away two years ago.
His picture of writers as frustrated, unpraised, unrewarded wretches, pitied at parties and whispered about among families, drew laughter and wry nods.
Picking up a sword from the wall and retrieving a pair of spurs from the saddlebag he mounted and whispered a few words into the horse's ear.
Quietly, almost inaudibly, he whispered, ‘They're family.’
Ready for prompt action, he bent toward his yokemate, and whispered imperiously: Joshua — Volume 5
Natasha whispered to Maggie in a conspiratorial tone.
Her eyesshe knew meshe smiledshe whisperedforgive me, Curt, forgive herwhen it was I who should have said forgive mebut before I couldshe [He falters brokenly.] 166 Act III. The First Man
He stated in a haunted, whispered voice and Ikeda nearly apologized for bringing it up, but his overweening pride would not allow it.
Thou knowest with what joy I roamed over thy confines, and beheld the universal beauty that then was spread around; how tenderly I whispered through thy flowers, how joyfully I carried up their fragrant odours as a thank-offering to heaven; how merrily I sported on the hills, or taught the branches of thy lofty trees to bow, as in obeisance to Him who made them! Parables From Nature
She whispered in my ear that she wanted me to malm her vlookenhibber right in her sweet tookemburri. Memories, From The Corner Of My Eyes
‘It is all because of that no-good thief,’ she whispered.
'Can you meet me tonight?' he whispered.
Pulling his protector by the sleeve, ‘Mr. Herries — Mr. Herries,’ he whispered, eagerly, ‘ye have done me mair than ae gude turn, and if ye will but do me anither at this dead pinch, I’ll forgie the girded keg of brandy that you and Captain Sir Harry Redgimlet drank out yon time. Redgauntlet
These studio moments whispered the transient chic of a leopard-print tie and fingerless gloves, capturing a modish instant.
He had been told also, in whispered confidence, that two attempts against the target had failed.
Dinna ye ken, Nelly woman, his presence will vex you no longer? you're at liberty to go your own gate, and be as you have been -- that was his propine," whispered Lady Staneholme, in sorrowful perplexity, but without rousing Nelly from her stupor. Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes
Caitlyn nodded and whispered back, He hardly spoke a word throughout dinner. The Laird Who Loved Me
More generally, it's become blazingly apparent that extreme political views that wouldn't even have been whispered just a few years ago have become proud campaign slogans. Rev. Peter M. Wallace: The Christian Call to Civility
She whispered so softly that Heart had to strain to hear.
Eight months had passed with nothing but the memory of smooth brown legs wrapped around his body and his name whispered in the night. Let The Dead Lie
Meer whispered at first, but slowly and steadily his voice grew louder, till it rumbled in bardic imprecation. A TIME OF WAR
Then as I stood there, I felt the door behind me yield a bit and a hand was thrust out, and a voice whispered, "Harry, Harry, come in hither; we can hold the house against an army. The Heart's Highway: A Romance of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century
Any political operative who would consider attempting a backstabing operation needs to have a certain six-word monition whispered in their ear.
Said-Bookisms That Are Usually Safe asked lied admitted snapped declared accused replied (even though it should be obvious) exclaimed roared yelled speculated mused demanded whispered asserted countered cut in hissed (this sticks out a lot, though … use it very sparingly) barked (this also sticks out) Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Don’t Overuse Exotic Substitutes for “Said”
AN avaricious fenman, who kept a very scanty table, dining one Saturday with his son at an ordinary in Cambridge, whispered in his ear, "Tom, you must eat for to-day and to-morrow. The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings
His hands whispered over her, light as silk, seeking out every pale hollow and rounded slope.
Promises will be made, seductive asides will be whispered into shell-like ears, egos will be stroked.
Still, it was whispered that she had the gift of second sight.
‘Never doubt,’ he whispered, his voice fierce, yet tender.
‘Ok, forever, but shh, don't tell anyone,’ he whispered.
The broker whispered that he knew a secret algorithm for the success, but he could not convince the analyst.
‘Okay,’ she whispered, eyes wide, smiling like a madwoman.
The story being whispered about the neighbourhood.
One of my fellow guests, the host whispered, was a vegetarian - did I mind?
This was a false assumption; he was well-versed in the holy scriptures, and it was whispered that he had the ability to conjure up eidolons and spirits.
She whispered to me, her voice almost unhuman, lulling.
She whispered little endearments to Rebecca, and brushed stray hairs from her forehead.
But as Richmond whispered "Jackson's coming" and waited expectantly for his lightning attack to flash, there was something ominous in Ewell's choice of the word "disappointed. LEE’S LIEUTENANTS
‘Thank you, your Highness,’ Sarah whispered, sitting down again, blushing a deeper red.
It is whispered about all the time. Times, Sunday Times
and rumoured and whispered, loquacious as magpies, the Gaddirs merely smiled and nodded and refused to confirm or deny anything. A PLAGUE OF ANGELS
A basto," whispered Kamlot, but from his previous description of the beast I had already guessed its identity. Pirates of Venus
She believes that the ritual trappings were off by about ten feet, and what was summoned just outside the magic circle was the famous Noonday Demon, rumors of which her father and his corpselike pals had whispered after the slaughter of miserable afternoons at the House of Ko-Reck-Shun: the savage demon of the second rate, the demon of everyday evil. Nick Mamatas' Journal
Gaffle raised a hand to Pintom's ear and whispered a short conversation.
Most of the songs feature solemn, at times almost whispered, vocals, with several songs employing haunting, catchy hooks.
We hugged to say goodbye and she whispered that she liked me and would miss me. The Sun
Oh, I say, I wish I warn't a swaddy," he whispered. Fix Bay'nets The Regiment in the Hills
“She has a boxful of eyeballs,” Brook whispered to me. Dark Secrets 2: No Time to Die the Deep End of Fear
Ay, "she whispered hoarsely, staring at the fire," he struck me in the breist. The House with the Green Shutters
He was wakened in the middle of the night, a word whispered in his ear. Shadow Princess
“Eternal rest grant unto him, O bon Dieu,” she whispered, but the rest of the prayer wisped away like smoke beneath a ceiling fan, the words beyond her recall. Black Dust Mambo
He hugged me tightly and whispered, ‘So Ill see you in a week then?’
‘Enchanté, mademoiselle,’ Etienne whispered, placing a feather-soft kiss on my knuckles, just like in all of the old movies.
‘I'm sorry,’ she whispered remorsefully, realising her error.
Melinda and Katarina whispered reaching Ai's ears, and Ai's handgrip tightened once the elevator arrived. Arcana Magi Cross - c.5
‘They've got the big fluffy towels,’ I whispered, looking at the array of them near the commode.
a long whispered conversation
He watched the yellow cabs sink into soulful dusk, that particular spendthrift light that falls dyingly on Park Avenue in the hour before people take leave of the office and become husbands and wives again, or whatever people become in whatever murmurous words when evenings grow swift and whispered. Underworld
The man grinned wolfishly and whispered, ‘You, me, an empty room, and five minutes.’
The whispered conversation had halted momentarily upon his abrupt arrival, but began again.
Before he could reseat himself, the judge whispered something in his ear, then turned away. ANGELS EVERYWHERE
Belle's wean might be "a tinker's brat" in whispered corners in byres and hay-sheds, where the wenches could claver out of hearing, but the The McBrides A Romance of Arran
As the sun went down, the pillared forest aisles stretching westward filled first with golden haze, then glowed with a light redder than Phthiotan wine poured from the burning beaker of the sun; and only the mournful cooing of doves broke the solemn silence as the pine organ whispered its low coranach for the dead day; and the cool shadow of coming night crept, purple-mantled, velvet-sandaled, down the forest glades. St. Elmo. A Novel.
My girlfriend went to the downstairs loo and her friend whispered that she'd meet me upstairs. The Sun
But I never wore them into a sex shop, or paired them with a hot sleeveless number that makes me look like the oldest boy left in high school, the one with the Z-28 and the substitute teacher's phone number, you know the guy who'd been shaving, or not, for so long he no longer fronted the ratstache just to prove he could, preferring to graduate to a three-o'clock shadow that gave your face a particular flavor of rug burn that betrayed your afterschool activities to your parents who angrily whispered things like "juvie" and "Outward Bound TopChefChat
‘I just know I forgot to turn the water off,’ she whispered, abashed.
There were whispered rumors that went even farther than these -- rumors which I dare not even set down here, for the busy tongues that dealt so mercilessly with the name and fame of Eliza Floyd were not unbarbed by malice. Aurora Floyd. A Novel
I lay down on the bed, a thin mattress covered by state white sheets, and whispered above the din.
When the original SMiLE sessions were taking place, it was whispered that the material was far too bizarre to be released.
She whispered, and leaned forward, planting her heavily glossed lips on his.
Although her English has improved over the years, she still speaks in Spanish cadences, and her consonants are so soft that every word sounds whispered.
`There's a wienie roast tonight," Firebug whispered, eyes luminous. SPIDERTOWN
The Queen, missing of the men, was very curious to learn the truth, but at last it was whispered out; she sware by God's death, it was fit that some one or other should take him down and teach him better manners, otherwise there would be no rule with him; and here I note the imminution of my lord's friendship with Mountjoy, which the Queen herself did then conjure. FRAGMENTA REGALIA
The other he held, fingering the lettering on its cover as he whispered.
Beneath the glamour of the magic night, the weird paraselene of the moon's phenomenon, the glow of the volcano, the noises, the men whispered of one thing only -- Gold! A Man to His Mate
He whispered in a deep voice that resonated in Sarah's ears.
The flowers swayed in the breeze and the grass and leaves whispered with them.
The sea crashing against the pebble beach whispered rumours of war in this ancient landscape.
`Ouvres ta bouche ,' he whispered, like a lover building up to an unreasonable demand. A DARKENING STAIN
He whispered in her ear, grabbing her hand in his and pulling her away from the devastation and ruin of the once lush and beautiful land Elena knew as home.
I will your presence with songs like apples in a basket of straw, whispered dreams like rainfall on flowers, on cholla, on deserts, on the hungering sand. The High Sonora - a sonata in four movements
No one would be so indelicate as to mention in those whispered after-dinner conversations that these families were slave-owners, plantation landlords, racketeers and exploiters.
Peter turned his face into my hair and whispered, ` Th my territory, okay? HOMELAND AND OTHER STORIES
She whispered something to the girl beside her.
I wonder what she said to him at the end of the third chukker," Tess whispered to Dick. Guns of the Gods
And of course the word incest had still not been so much as whispered in daylight. Noble Norfleet
She whispered in the dowager's ear and went off to find the ladies withdrawing room.
He whispered so lowly it's amazing I even heard him.
‘Yes sir,’ she whispered as Jeeka entered the house with the full straw ticks.
He had felt the menace, known that it existed, and the slogan ringing always in his ears, the Whispered "Death to the Gray Seal" had taken on a deeper significance, had brought him a more acute and imminent sense of peril than ever before; but it was only last night, for the first time, that he had equally _felt_ that he had had any concrete knowledge of, or contact with this new antagonist. The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale
‘Your papa's coming home,’ she whispered to him for the hundredth time as she bounced him on her knee playfully.
As I untacked him later, in the great barn, I kissed his nose and whispered into his ear about how much I loved him.
Melina's horse walked on the path as all around her the forest whispered with the wind.
The elf clutched the small conch shell in one hand and whispered a thank you to her friend.
And say, " he whispered, jovially , pulling Hurstwood over by the shoulder so that he might whisper in his ear, "if this isn't a good show, I'll punch your head.
Jack started to calm down, and the screams turned into whispered whines.
'Tike care no one 'ears you, ' she added, in a whisper, though why she whispered she did not know.
It was a sort of whispered squawk, which shows that the bluejay is a wary bird even in the cradle. Little Brothers of the Air
She felt herself unable to face the whispered asides and scornful remarks which would accompany her acceptance of any offer.
The guys took a deep breath, whispered a prayer to the Lord above and opened their mouths to sing.
The more the man whispered, the more Michela found herself falling into a void of nothingness.
He whispered into her ear, his lips grazing her skin.
It is whispered that he intended to resign.
She whispered his name achingly against his skin; need overcoming reason as her de fences came crashing down, her body pliant and eager against his, her mouth trembling as she caressed his skin. A Cure For Love
They cowered in the corridors of Parliament House when a hireling of John Wren whispered what might happen to them if they did not toe the line.
He whispered endearments in her ear.
While they talked the friend offered him coffee (coffeecake, whispered my brain) and himself sipped some coffee (coffeecake) and our hero looked around the coffee-room (coffeecake) …until finally I just had to get up and look up coffeecake recipes. Here a Trigger, There a Trigger | Spontaneous ∂erivation
They whispered to the tall man as they cleared dirty plates off the table and replaced them with platters of desserts.
‘Now, lovey, I want you to stay here and be nice and quiet for a while,’ she whispered to her burden.
There were whispered mutterings about what was going on. Provided You Don't Kiss Me: 20 Years with Brian Clough

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