sibilation

IPA: sˈɪbʌɫˈeɪʃʌn

noun

  • A hissing sound.
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Examples of "sibilation" in Sentences

  • The sudden sibilation out of silence startles all,
  • Amanar heard in his mind the satisfied sibilation of the god-demon feeding.
  • A second muffled explosion, then silence except for the sibilation of the flames.
  • As Dr. Johnson would have said: Sir, there was a habit of sibilation in the house.
  • It was deceptively loud because the sharp sibilation cut through every other sound.
  • I initially prepared for a comparision involving the much more famous sibilation *t ts / _u.
  • Her voice was peculiar, very low and sweet, and so soft that the dominant note was of sibilation.
  • Again Poole's lips moved, and now his voice was just audible as a faint sibilation, producing no intelligible sounds.
  • Suddenly, like the hiss of ten thousand times ten thousand snakes, a rushing sibilation passed through the momentarily darkened air.

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