susurrant

[soo-sur-uhnt]

adjective

1. softly murmuring; whispering.

Word History and Origins

Origin of susurrant¹

1785–95; < Latin susurrant- (stem of susurrāns ) (present participle of susurrāre to whisper). See susurrus, -ant

Example Sentences

A man escaping from Biddle Island would do better to try his luck with the river, the tides, and the sharks, than to test the quiet susurrant heart of the marsh.

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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.

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Also, there lacked the persistent susurrant sound of the ventilation pumps.

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