The actor's sibilant speech was distracting. From LearnThat.org.
He spoke in sibilant English mocking my clumsy Arabic. From Wordnik.com. [I Was Sold on the Slave Block « Official Harry Harrison News Blog] Reference
Although an striking feature of Castilian Spanish and other variants of Spanish, respectively....have perserved the "sibilant" -s. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: ITALIAN DIALECTS.] Reference
S: The nineteenth letter of the alphabet, which is called a sibilant, because it makes a hissing sound like a goose. From Wordnik.com. [The Silly Syclopedia] Reference
The whales gathered round in sibilant sound. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Sunday Song Lyric] Reference
They are low and insinuating, a kind of sibilant utterance. From Wordnik.com. [Tentation de saint Antoine. English] Reference
There was no mistaking that soft and sibilant voice. From Wordnik.com. [The Luxembourg Run]
He heard the soft sibilant sound of a breath drawn quickly in. From Wordnik.com. [The Shadow of the East] Reference
As she said nothing the old man repeated his sibilant warning. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding on the St. Lawrence The Queer Old Man of the Thousand Islands] Reference
A sibilant sound from the detective's lips took me to his side. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Pirate] Reference
Ruha gestured at the ceiling and spoke a single sibilant syllable. From Wordnik.com. [The Veiled Dragon]
Donaldson heard nothing but the even voice and the sibilant dialect. From Wordnik.com. [The Seventh Noon] Reference
The winds wailed sibilant and agonizing messages into the ears of Ootah. From Wordnik.com. [The Eternal Maiden] Reference
Snatches of a sentence spoken in a sibilant whisper would reach my ears. From Wordnik.com. [The Reluctant Queen]
His Highland accent was becoming more sibilant, a sign that he was upset. From Wordnik.com. [Death of a Charming Man]
To Sara Tennant, the soft, sibilant noise was a beloved and familiar sound. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
The only sound was our sibilant breathing and the very faint shuffle of feet. From Wordnik.com. [The Mutineers] Reference
Mhtoon Pah bent near the Head of the Police and spoke in low, sibilant tones. From Wordnik.com. [The Pointing Man A Burmese Mystery] Reference
"Ah, but you might have seen him," the other countered in his sibilant voice. From Wordnik.com. [Curse of the Shadowmage]
The sibilant sounds of whispers struck sharply and unpleasantly upon the ear. From Wordnik.com. [The Lady of the Ice A Novel] Reference
Her dress was silk, and rustled when she moved, with soft and sibilant sounds. From Wordnik.com. [The Redemption of David Corson] Reference
She spoke with a sibilant intaking of breath, caused by the twist to her mouth. From Wordnik.com. [The Hawk of Egypt] Reference
When they spoke Universal, their voices were sibilant, but not nearly so inhuman. From Wordnik.com. [The Colors of Space] Reference
There was also the soft, sibilant, wet-lipped voice of fear whispering in her ear. From Wordnik.com. [Frost at Christmas]
"" I don't think so, '' Murray says, rendering his verdict with sibilant distaste. From Wordnik.com. [Iq] Reference
There was only my sibilant internal clamor to direct me, and was that really enough?. From Wordnik.com. [DarklyDreamingDexter]
But then he was gliding with a sibilant whistle through a natural atmosphere, again. From Wordnik.com. [The Planet Strappers] Reference
The room filled with voices, a multitude of sibilant, urgent whispers hissing at him. From Wordnik.com. [A Winter Haunting]
It was a woman's voice, soft, sibilant, hushed, and the frozen grip of fear was broken. From Wordnik.com. [The Palace of Darkened Windows] Reference
Angry murmurs arose from behind masks and several sibilant hisses cut the storm-laden air. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore] Reference
Was it friend or enemy who evidently tried to attract her attention by this sibilant sound?. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding on the St. Lawrence The Queer Old Man of the Thousand Islands] Reference
She hugged her knees to her chest, lulled by the sibilant hiss of the waves against the shore. From Wordnik.com. [Once An Angel]
The tones were first high, then low, never guttural, and possessed a certain sibilant quality. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding on the St. Lawrence The Queer Old Man of the Thousand Islands] Reference
The longer they spoke, the more Arkady heard a sibilant S and the scratchiness of an unshaved chin. From Wordnik.com. [Wolves Eat Dogs]
"Don't be frightened," he continued, in his sibilant whisper; "you will take care of me, won't you?". From Wordnik.com. [Idle Hour Stories] Reference
The soft, sibilant sounds seemed like kisses on the lips of the victims of their treacherous caresses. From Wordnik.com. [The Redemption of David Corson] Reference
"Oh, he is a devil!" her companion was reaffirming with an angry little half-whisper sibilant with fury. From Wordnik.com. [The Palace of Darkened Windows] Reference
Ducks and geese flew over the Island so low that the sibilant sound of their wings could be heard from the porch. From Wordnik.com. [Where the Sun Swings North] Reference
At the succession of the sibilant sounds, John's brown eyes twinkled brightly, and about his mouth came crinkly, telltale creases of humor. From Wordnik.com. [Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley] Reference
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