susurration

• There are some items missing: surely, if susurrar is onomatopoeic Spanish for rustle, the English equivalents, susurration, susurrant, susurrous, and susurrus should be shown. —  VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IV No 3
• Something in the basket in front of them moved and there was a faint susurration like the river breeze in the papyrus beds. —  Warlock
• 'If I were going to be here next session, I should take them For some minutes after the Professor's return to his seat a susurration was audible throughout the hall; bonnets bent together, and beards exchanged curt comments The ceremony, as is usual with all ceremonies, grew wearisome before its end. —  Born in Exile
• "Well, " said Hector, a tinge of reddening in his cheeks, susurration in his tone, 'the shameful but honest truth is, what I am most interested in in life is sex, drugs, and rock -n" roll. —  Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates
• For some minutes after the Professor's return to his seat a susurration was audible throughout the hall; bonnets bent together, and beards exchanged curt comments. —  Born in Exile

Roget's II: The New Thesaurus

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