Example Sentences
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Do you know what the soft winds whisper When they sigh through blooming trees— When each bough is a choral lisper Of the woodland melodies?
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Rogers, Charles
The pretty lisper Feels her heart swell to hear all round her whisper, "How beautiful! how beautiful she is!"
From The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
It is recommended for the little lisper, and in former days it was recommended as a sure cure for the hiccoughs.
From Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes by Clippinger, Erle Elsworth
Moore, a veteran politician of the Old Dominion, was a most pleasant and affable gentleman, and a great lisper withal.
My sweet little lisper informed a select circle of friends the other night, when questioned, that the individual had not called on me, and, what was more, would not do so.
From A Confederate Girl's Diary by Dawson, Sarah Morgan
