subvocal

How to use subvocal in a sentence

• Only the force of long training and habit kept him from shouting the words aloud instead of keeping them to a subvocal whisper.

  The Penal Cluster | Ivar Jorgensen (AKA Randall Garrett)

• I let out a subvocal squeal and was pitched forward as the ride system shuddered to a stop.

  Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom | Cory Doctorow

• Hayden does not distinguish the subvocal and aspirate th in Omaha.

  The Dakotan Languages, and Their Relations to Other Languages | Andrew Woods Williamson

• Orne touched the subvocal stud at his neck, moved his speaking muscles without opening his mouth.

  Operation Haystack | Frank Patrick Herbert