sussuration

• “If I could choose the language in which I spoke to you,I would choose to speak in Gaelic,the sliding scale, the sussuration of breath,The sound of water beating between us.”

  Voice of America: Sri Lankan Poet and Irish Violinist Marry Music, Lives

• “Days later the hitherto peaceful atmosphere was interrupted by a steady sussuration.”

  Fictionaut: The Lives of Felix Gunderson

• “NBC has reviewed all of its cameras and has determined the offending sussuration did not originate from either of the moderators or any of the candidates.”

  Nunc Scio » Blog Archive » Mitt Romney receives secret messages from Aliens, Jesus, and/or the Ghost of Ronald Reagan

• ““Bravely said, Earthman,” the Firebeast hissed, each breath a sibilant sussuration of reptilian evil.”

  Simon & Schuster: MILLENNIUM

• “The fire popped and hissed, blending with the sound of movement of something large, like the sussuration of canvas across canvas.”

  Owlflight

• “He'd gotten used to those whispers of sound, and without them, his own voice seemed unnaturally loud despite the sussuration of other activity.”

  Storm Breaking

• “The honing stone slid along his blade with quiet sussuration.”

  Conan The Magnificent

• “A low sussuration, part relief and part burgeoning curiosity, began to emanate from the group of scientists as they spread through the vault.”

  Bloodhype

• “Quite suddenly came a soft sussuration overhead, a light-beam lanced down, pinning us there.”

  Valley of the Croen

• “Other than the sussuration of muttered reports, this half-filled venue was like a tomb of the dead.”

  Salem-News.com

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