susurrating

We wondered? plucking several descriptions out of thin air charged with electric ions? whether we should proceed by labelling it folk noir, avant-acoustica, ballad oscuro, Nico in trip-hop hell, or susurrating 21st century shadowplay?

Matteah Baim (No 887) Paul Lester 2010

He was out of any radio range, and so a dry susurrating hiss issued from the car stereo.

Excerpt from Crackle 2010

I had a Manuel in Barcelona and a Julie in Aix-les-Bains whose letters arrived liked gifts of the heart in envelopes lined with susurrating tissue paper.

Kalooki Nights Howard Jacobson 2006

He pursed his lips and made a little susurrating sound.

Last Lullaby Denise Hamilton 2004

He pursed his lips and made a little susurrating sound.

Last Lullaby Denise Hamilton 2004

We knew the trees as Buddleja, Chrysophyllum, Saurauia, Cassia—names that in the moment appeared as arbitrary as the Ika words that, when spoken in the soft susurrating tones of the language, sounded like wind running over a forest.

One River Wade Davis 1996

We knew the trees as Buddleja, Chrysophyllum, Saurauia, Cassia—names that in the moment appeared as arbitrary as the Ika words that, when spoken in the soft susurrating tones of the language, sounded like wind running over a forest.

One River Wade Davis 1996

"Now what?" she whispered, the hissing of her words susurrating over the pool's surface.

Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town Cory Doctorow

Or, of course, if even random noun generation had failed competitors, he would issue the gentle, susurrating encouragement to "Say what you see . . . say what you see."

The Guardian World News Lucy Mangan 2010

Vermont Woodchuck: Do you hear that susurrating sound?

New England Republican 2010