Examples of whisper

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The doubt could be whispered in the 1930s, shouted in the 1940s and tacitly accepted as an established truth in the 1950s.
Only people with great trust in each other confided in whispers what was moving them.
When he knows what is actually said, he asks for it to be whispered.
A king unvigilant against these whispers begins to covet, and the ideal society collapses.
The speakers stand against the curved wall in our midst, and each audience member hears a different collage of whispers and chants.
The structural law of the name whispers that there is nothing about the name per se which attaches it to the person who bears it.
The whispering clearly does not prevent the progress of the lunch administration activity until the point at which it has become something else.
Pre-recorded whispers are first audible at the right loudspeaker, and during bars 48-51 they move slowly to the left loudspeaker.
Later, the words are sung, spoken and whispered.
Neighbours whispered that she had starved to death.
Recorded to make his voice sound lower than usual while also emphasising very high frequencies, his speech sounds like whispering.
The volume of the utterance may be loud to express anger or whispered for secrecy.
One temporary recruit, a tall lean young black boy, sat whispering into the telephone all day.
The examiner stands at arms length behind the seated patient and whispers a combination of numbers and letter.
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