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Meanings of susurrant in inglês

Making a low continuous indistinct sound.

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Examples for "whispering"
1
No one said anything for a long while; then Irisis heard whispering.
Tetrarch (Well of Echoes)
2
However, the whispering Grim Reapers are, I think and hope, unduly pessimistic.
The Guardian
3
He heard a whispering in the entry; some one was softly snoring.
The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories
4
However, another said they found the whispering a little bit more disruptive.
Radio NZ
5
Weyburn fancied the hearing of a step; he heard the whispering dress.
Lord Ormont and His Aminta — Volume 1
1
We've seen continued positive murmuring on the trade negotiations in recent days.
Reuters
2
Hooper at my side, fidgeting nervously, murmuring, ''Are you sure about this?''
English passengers
3
The answer came in the murmuring of the stream at my feet.
A Journey into the Interior of the Earth
4
He was moving restlessly in his sleep; he was murmuring her name.
The Lane That Had No Turning, Volume 1
5
He admired the trees, and the meadows, and murmuring streams in poetry.
Charles Lamb: A Memoir
Usage of susurrant in inglês
1
The popcorn spread over the marble with a susurrant huff.
Pandemonium
2
And finally there were only the susurrant leaves and now and then a long, heaving sigh.
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
3
And yet again, coming on in those same quiescent tones, the susurrant sea on the rocks its backdrop.
The Last Ship
4
The dark, sweeping form of a great eagle soared along the riverbank, the susurrant sound of beating wings distinctly audible.
Genellan: planetfall
5
The wind was full of the hollow susurrant sound of the sea over which it had so long traveled, and it masked my movements.
Fear nothing
6
The extended sibilant at the end of his second word returned to us in a wash of echoes as susurrant as gently foaming surf.
Seize the night
Susurrant through the time