Chicken slices scattered with mushrooms and whispering of marsala proves quietly satisfying, like the service here. Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2022 In recreating John’s testimony, the duo worked on layering individual tracks from whispering and murmurs to courtroom audio for the scene to work. Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 9 Aug. 2022 There’s only so much whispering that can be directed at jets. Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 16 May 2022 Winter was serenaded with blood orange and other colorful citrus slices in a salad sharpened with red onion and whispering of Sicilian oregano.Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2021 The scene was still eerie: the gloom, the heat, the whispering, the low, insistent whine of the jet engine, the mass of dim faces crowded so close together. Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2021 On one hand, there was a bevy of huge, crazy Tribal Councils with last-second whispering and maneuvering leading to jaw-dropping exits. Dalton Ross, EW.com, 9 Dec. 2021 Days after her August surgery, Griffin said in an Instagram video that her voice was still really hoarse, half-whispering in a gruff, barely recognizable voice. Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2021 But because Cage didn’t hear the whispering voices that would lead them to the tree of life, he gets zapped in the flare. Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 25 Nov. 2021
Adjective
The stage has been extended into the theater to create greater proximity to the audience, and the actors strive for naturalism, but the whispering quality that Nelson achieved isn’t feasible in this grander space. Charles Mcnultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2022 No more whispering in the remote and soft-spoken Mountain West.San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2022 See More
Word History
First Known Use
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a