Meanings of nervous whisper in English

The answer was a hurried, nervous whisper: I tell you it was time.

She laid her hand on her mother's arm, and spoke in a nervous whisper.

Again they laughed; but Rosa gave a nervous whisper and caught at the child's sleeve.

The occasion was favorable to Mihonne; she walked quickly over to where the marquis stood, and said in a nervous whisper:

The sneaky swimmers spoke in a nervous whisper, twisting their mouths as if someone could read their lips from the distance.

We've heard rumors that there may even be forbidden thinking machines hidden here on Rossak! said Sister Esther-Cano, lowering her voice to a nervous whisper.

A round of nervous whispers and quiet comments went through the crowd.

They were moving in close knots, talking together in quiet, nervous whispers.

Instead, Harper heard nervous whispers and saw people casting worried looks back and forth.

As we turned onto the second floor, nervous whispers raced back through the apprentices.

Even in the galley, nervous whispers were exchanged.

"Maybe just enjoying the scenery," Allan suggested in a nervous whisper.

"He's a terrible brute," she said in a nervous whisper.

Over the past six months, however, nervous whispers about a tech bubble have sparked rising skepticism of venture-dependent startups with stratospheric price tags.

"Where are you, Sutton?" she asks aloud in a nervous whisper, as if she knows I'm close.