sibilant
adjective
sibilantly
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a word derived from
sibilant.
Example Sentences
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Even when it’s Snoop sibilantly spitting venom at Eazy-E, Jerry Heller or any other constellation of anonymous villains, it’s compulsively listenable.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 14, 2017
There is no deep ritualistic satisfaction in hearing the Dionysus in '69 troupe sibilantly repeat, "May I take you to your seat, sir?" in a seatless theater.
From Time Magazine Archive
The silent central control room houses giant twin computers that send dozens of sleek, 80-m.p.h. silvery aluminum passenger trains slicking sibilantly into stations at intervals as close as 90 seconds.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sinister shadows slithering sibilantly through the threadable mews of Chinatown always remind me of the Nick Carter stories I used to read with Butch Klutch in the haymow of his father's livery stable.
From Time Magazine Archive
The chain rustled sibilantly among the dead leaves, and was ever and anon drawn out to its extremest length.
From The Riddle Of The Rocks 1895 by A. B. (Arthur Burdett) Frost
