Sibilant example sentences
Related (6): Hiss, Whistle, Wheeze, Sigh, Fizz, Rustle.
"Sibilant" Example Sentences
Common Phrases
- The snake's sibilant hiss grew louder as it slithered through the grass.
- The preacher's voice had a sibilant quality that mesmerized the congregation.
- The whistle of steam escaping created a sibilant hiss.
- The singer's pronunciation of "s" letters was overly sibilant, causing an irritating sound.
- His speech was characterized by a drawn-out and overly sibilant pronunciation of his words.
- The leaky tire emitted a faint but sibilant hiss.
- The crowd booed with a sibilant cascading sound.
- The loud and sibilant whispering of the children annoyed their teacher.
- The old air conditioner blew a sibilant, whirring breeze.
- The sibilant whistle of the tea kettle called her to the kitchen.
- The stage actor's voice became sibilant when projecting to the back of the theater.
- The reporter's pronunciation of certain words had an excessively sibilant quality.
- The prayer ended with a sibilant 'Amen.'
- His consonants, especially 's' sounds, were delivered with an exaggeratedly sibilant emphasis.
- The gentle, sibilant whistle of the wind rustled the branches overhead.
- The songbird's tweet had a certain sibilant sweetness.
- The ancient arrowheads maintained their razor-sharp, sibilant edges.
- The freezing wind blew a sibilant hiss through the bare tree limbs.
- The snake flattened its neck and emitted a highly sibilant warning.
- The kindling crackled with a sibilant pop as the flames took hold.
- The campfire created a sibilant sighing sound as the flames danced.
- The balloon's slow deflation was accompanied by a sibilant hiss.
- The speaker's accent imbued her speech with a very sibilant quality.
- The surf crashed upon the rocks, spitting out a sibilant cascade of foam.
- Fingernails scraped across the chalkboard with a piercing, sibilant screech.
- The thick fog rolled in with a sibilant whoosh.
- The audience hissed with sibilant displeasure at the performance.
- The leaky radiator spat and sputtered with a sibilant complaint.
- The priest intoned the blessings with a sibilant cadence.
- The actor's interpretation of the serpent role emphasized a sibilant 's' sound.
- The servant's whispered message carried a surprisingly sibilant warning.
- The elderly woman spoke with a thick accent and slightly sibilant quality.
- The freshly-sharpened knife blade whispered a sibilant threat as it sliced through the tomato.
- The toddler's affliction resulted in an excessive soft palate and overly sibilant speech.
- The stream careened through the rocks with a sibilant babble.
- The teacher criticized the child's overuse of breathy, sibilant consonants.
- The plumber inspected the sibilant leak in the gas line.
- Silk softly swished with a sibilant whisper.
- The newscaster's clear enunciation imparted a sibilant timbre to her speech.
- The athlete received a yellow card for directing an overly sibilant tirade at the referee.
- The breeze sighed sibilantly through the tall grass.
- The scholar's voice grew raspy and increasingly sibilant with age.
- The gravelly road radiated a sibilant protest under each passing car tire.
- The politician's speech betrayed a slight lisp, rendering his 's' sounds overly sibilant.
- The steel wool emitted a sibilant scrape as it abraded the rust from the iron hatch.
- At high speed, the race car's engine emitted a piercing sibilant whine.
- The gardener admonished the children for their sibilant giggling.
- The announcer's overly sibilant diction grated on the nerves of the audience.
- The fire in the fireplace crackled merrily and created an inviting, sibilant ambiance.
- The recording of Jane Eyre featured a heroine with a particularly sibilant northern English accent.
- The poorly-oiled door squeaked with a piercing, sibilant complaint.
- The child's sibilant lisp often made it difficult for others to understand him.
- The sibilant conspirators whispered urgently in the shadowy corner.
- People imbued sibilant sounds with sinister or uncomfortable qualities.
- The magician's assistant disappeared in a cloud of smoke and a sibilant "poof!"
- The tea kettle's insistent sibilant whistle brought the boy running.
- The seductress spoke in a sibilant voice meant to entice and charm.
- The sibilant buzz of cicadas filled the hot, muggy air.
- The rattlesnake's ominous warning came as an angry, sibilant hiss.