Behind their susurrant leafage, homes stood in rows, each on its patch of lawn and garden. From Wordnik.com. [Starfarers]
It was soft and shadowy, caressed a cheek or a lock of hair and vanished into susurrant dark. From Wordnik.com. [Ensign Flandry]
The dark, sweeping form of a great eagle soared along the riverbank, the susurrant sound of beating wings distinctly audible. From Wordnik.com. [Genellan- Planetfall]
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. From Wordnik.com. [Genellan- Planetfall]
The atmosphere of the plane's interior was filled with the low murmur of a hundred conversations against the background of the susurrant mutter of the mighty engines. From Wordnik.com. [The Penal Cluster] Reference
Her breath cut off and she began to strangle, her continued screams but a soft susurrant rattle deep in her Groat, as in a nightmare when one opens one's mouth to call out and no sound is heard. From Wordnik.com. [beneath an opal moon]
Also, there lacked the persistent susurrant sound of the ventilation pumps. From Wordnik.com. [The Stars, My Brothers] Reference
There are some items missing: surely, if susurrar is onomatopoeic Spanish for rustle, the English equivalents, susurration, susurrant, susurrous, and susurrus should be shown. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IV No 3] Reference
The voice that spoke into it was no more than a susurrant mumble, like waves on the seashore, and she wasn’t able to concentrate on who it was or what they said. From Wordnik.com. [Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages] Reference
And does it with a dry, susurrant sound. From Wordnik.com. [Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I...] Reference
(Not to mention the sweetly greased axles of trolleys-susurrant, tingling …. From Wordnik.com. [CounterPunch] Reference
And seek the Portico's susurrant arch. From Wordnik.com. [The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society A Poem, with Philosophical Notes] Reference
With soft susurrant voice alternate sweep. From Wordnik.com. [The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation] Reference
Through brazen gates along susurrant ailes. From Wordnik.com. [The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society A Poem, with Philosophical Notes] Reference
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