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adj. - Making a low continuous indistinct sound.

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  • Behind their susurrant leafage, homes stood in rows, each on its patch of lawn and garden.
  • It was soft and shadowy, caressed a cheek or a lock of hair and vanished into susurrant dark.
  • The dark, sweeping form of a great eagle soared along the riverbank, the susurrant sound of beating wings distinctly audible.
  • The manic tones of the threat warning klaxon stuttered to silence, the only sound the susurrant rush of oxygen through the respirators of their battle armor.
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