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Significados de sibilant em inglês

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sibilant

A speech sound characterized by a hissing quality.

sibilant

Of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')

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Examples for "sibilant consonant"
Examples for "sibilant consonant"
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The two leaders came together to the door of the third house, and their heads were together; and a few sibilant consonants escaped them.
By What Authority?
Uso de sibilant em inglês
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The winds wailed sibilant and agonizing messages into the ears of Ootah:
The Eternal Maiden
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He heard the soft sibilant sound of a breath drawn quickly in.
The Shadow of the East
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He hardly waited for the sibilant assurance before putting back the receiver.
Who Cares? A Story of Adolescence
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There was a low, sibilant rise and fall-thebreathing of the creature.
The Lost World
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Mortals. The last word turned sibilant, breathed out over a long while.
Walking dead
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A number of insects were flying overhead with a queer, sibilant noise.
Now It Can Be Told
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Pascal came out of this panting, haggard, his speech sibilant and painful.
Doctor Pascal
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Mem crossed, a sibilant movement, to her son, happily watching him sleep.
King Rat
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And this time I was not mistaken-therewas a sound, rustling, sibilant.
Under the Andes
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From the purpling Valley came the sibilant hush of the River.
The Freebooters of the Wilderness
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Then the sibilant voice of the wind alone broke the stillness.
North of Fifty-Three
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With the slant light came the sibilant hush, the quiet tangible.
The Freebooters of the Wilderness
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We betray each other in the dark, with silent foot-steps and sibilant voices.
The Master-Christian
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Draya listened tensely, waiting to hear the soothing, sibilant whisper of the goddess.
Bones of the Dragon
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The old man edged closer to me, and spoke in a sibilant voice.
At a Winter's Fire
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Again the sibilant rustling-andcubes and pyramids and spheres were gone.
The Metal Monster
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Translations for sibilant
Sibilant ao longo do tempo
Sibilant nas variantes da língua
Reino Unido
Comum
Estados Unidos da América
Comum