Definitionadj. of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage
Last update: June 19, 2015
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The sibilant sound of whispering. [Please select]
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Th), Syriac has an ordinary dental t, but Hebrew has a sibilant (sh). [Please select]
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The sh sound is sometimes not even written with a sibilant, as in the pronunciation of the ci and ti of words like rhetorician and nation. [Please select]
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In her anger she ceased her sibilant whispering, and stood erect. [Please select]
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Exemplify the sibilant impurity with such syllables as _pish_, _false_, _traitress_, _miscreant_. [Please select]
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The other voice--which had first spoken--was curiously sibilant but very distinct. [Please select]
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There was a murmur through the ranks, a sibilant indrawing of the breath. [Please select]
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The slight act, not lost upon the spectators, called forth a sibilant flutter of sympathy. [Please select]
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As he stooped to snatch it up he uttered a sibilant hiss. [Please select]
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