susurrus

• “But the words go out to the open space ahead of her, where pop music drifting from hidden speakers meets the susurrus from the fountain below, so she can’t tell if he heard.”

  ALICE AFTER THE MALL • by John Jasper Owens

• “Netflix heading to other, non-Xbox 360 game consoles before, and now adding to the susurrus is a job listing from the company for”

  Original Signal - Transmitting Gadgets

• “Rattling against each other for all time in a susurrus of dry bone.”

  Valentines, part the first

• “Manara was a mixed neighborhood, not particularly Shiite, or even exclusively Muslim, but when Nasrallah made his dramatic announcement, we could hear a susurrus of cheers and clapping from nearby apartments.”

  Simon & Schuster: Day of Honey

• “Vaguely she heard the susurrus of voices surrounding her, but she was completely focused on the unconscious man.”

  Simon & Schuster: Black Magic

• “There's no sound on the five second download below, so just imagine the gentle susurrus of falling snow delicately counterpointed by Gwenda saying You better not be recording me!”

  Tells a story, don't it?

• “He slowed his breathing right down, until he could hear the susurrus of the wind in the trees, and the song of a faraway bird.”

  Simon & Schuster: Blood Ninja II

• “For several minutes there was only the susurrus of muted conversation and the chewing of greens.”

  Simon & Schuster: Blood Lite II: Overbite

• “She cannot help thinking that there are whispers strung through them like spiderwebs, a low susurrus of voices she cannot really hear—but would hear, if she dared get any closer.”

  Simon & Schuster: When Rose Wakes

• “We slept on a bare mattress, sheets bunched at our feet, and I liked the sight of his body—the up-and-down of his breathing—but felt restless at the slight susurrus of his snoring, and the heat of his breath, and the probing of his hands, worrying my shirt like he wanted to rustle some part of me loose.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Gin Closet

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