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Significados de hushing em inglês

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A fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval)

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Examples for "hissing"
Examples for "hissing"
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What is the matter with you?' said Gimli in a hissing whisper.
The two towers
2
On second thought, the hissing was coming from two places at once.
Seveneves
3
The people repeated and increased their hissing; the knights continued their clapping.
The Boys' and Girls' Plutarch / Being Parts of the "Lives" of Pl...
4
I did not answer, but she went on hissing questions at me.
The eyes of a king
5
The hatch closed, and I heard water hissing in the ballast tanks.
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of th...
1
Something in the soft hiss of the words made the Ranger turn.
The Freebooters of the Wilderness
2
The manager was heard to hiss from the shelter of the wings:
Frank Merriwell's Races
3
A great hiss momentarily drowned out the thunder of the horses' hooves.
Stonewielder
4
The sound track picked up the crash and hiss of the breakers.
Greylorn
5
Snarg let him know it was a bad idea with a hiss.
Emperor Mollusk Versus the Sinister Brain
1
That said; connections made today are likely to fizzle out into nothing!
The South African
2
But Travis had seen other such efforts fizzle out over the years.
Beginnings
3
But any momentum behind the deal appeared to fizzle quickly on Thursday.
Reuters
4
Days of protests seemed to fizzle out, but continued in some places.
Reuters
5
You can expect the deluges to fizzle out in the early evening.
The South African
1
The sibilation produced by the sap, which exudes copiously therefrom, is not conducive to composition.
Condensed Novels
2
Their fall was a soft sibilation, a long-drawn sigh.
A Maid of the Silver Sea
3
From far to the south drifted a fainter sibilation, like an echo of thirty-three's whistle.
The Best Short Stories of 1920, and the Yearbook of the American...
4
My lord prolonged the sibilation of his 'Yes,' in the way of absent- minded men.
Lord Ormont and His Aminta — Volume 4
5
He was turning back when he fancied he heard the sibilation of a whispering in the room.
The Ordeal of Richard Feverel — Complete
Uso de hushing em inglês
1
Three tumbrils faring away with their dread loads over the hushing snow.
A Tale of Two Cities
2
Helena stepped forward and wrapped him in her skirt, hushing the cries.
Siege of heaven
3
He entered and found a young mother hushing her baby to rest.
The Blue Flower
4
The woman gave him a mild jab with her hand, hushing him.
The evolutionary void
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As for hushing it up, I'm hushing it up myself, thank you.
The Belfry
6
But the hushing of the criticism of honest opponents is a dangerous thing.
The Souls of Black Folk
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I can hear the audience hushing one another, not wanting to miss anything.
The Hunger Games
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The awful news spread from lip to lip, hushing shouts and quelling laughter.
The Heart of the Hills
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A soft hushing sound, like fingernails scratching down an endless sheet of paper.
Leviathan Wakes
10
Comforted wondrously by the hushing finger, Hugh would yet understand more.
David Elginbrod
11
She stood hushing Cinders as if he had been an infant.
The Rocks of Valpré
12
There were a great many false alarms, sudden outcries, hushing again rather slowly.
Romance
13
Ben brought his finger up quickly and made a hushing sound.
Wizard at Large
14
He saw Gareth opening his mouth to speak and his wife hushing him.
Blood harvest
15
But at last she spoke, putting a hushing hand on Eric's dreamful head.
The Little House in the Fairy Wood
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I touched my finger to my lips in a hushing gesture.
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