How do you use Whisper in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like whispering or verbalise, plus the exact meaning.
Whisper in a sentence
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Whisper meaning
- The act of speaking in a quiet voice, especially without vibration of the vocal cords.
- A rumor.
- A faint trace or hint (of something).
Synonyms of Whisper
Using Whisper
- The main meaning on this page is: The act of speaking in a quiet voice, especially without vibration of the vocal cords. | A rumor. | A faint trace or hint (of something).
- Useful related words include: whispering, verbalise, verbalize, mouth.
- In the example corpus, whisper often appears in combinations such as: the whisper, whisper of, to whisper.
Context around Whisper
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 12 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 1 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Whisper
- In this selection, "whisper" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, careless, yet, restrained, sweet, quiet and away stand out and add context to how "whisper" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a restrained whisper with her and alexa will whisper her responses. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "whisper" sits close to words such as appendix, bailed and banished, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with whisper
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Only a whisper away Gav. (5 words)
It was so low key as to be more a whisper than a wild protest. (15 words)
When someone is berating you for something, respond with a whisper instead of a shout. (15 words)
She sings most of the song in a restrained whisper, with her eyes cast down, which I don’t read as a manifestation of shame itself but as an attempt to divorce herself from the cameras, to erect a boundary between herself and the world. (45 words)
I long ago grew tired of apologising for taking up more space than I used to, and with it came a certain giddy liberty … only for it to be followed by a whisper of anxiety that my health might suffer as a result. (43 words)
Like a shadow in the moonlight, Like the whisper of the sea, Like the echoes of a melody, Just beyond our reach, In the shadow of our sorrow, Past the whisper of goodbye, Love shines through eternity, A heartbeat from our eye. (42 words)
Seriously, who can focus on a possible murder suspect when a rain-soaked Ulysses is dancing his heart out to George Michael's "Careless Whisper"? (25 words)
There’s discovery and (don’t whisper it too loudly!) learning written all over a brilliant and ambitious new series from the clever book boffins at Oxford University Press! (29 words)
Example sentences (20)
Like a shadow in the moonlight, Like the whisper of the sea, Like the echoes of a melody, Just beyond our reach, In the shadow of our sorrow, Past the whisper of goodbye, Love shines through eternity, A heartbeat from our eye.
If you whisper a command, for example, Alexa will whisper her responses back and, if you ask for music, play it at a lower volume.
After an interminable length of time, they whisper to each other before seizing the handlebars and wheeling the bike back along the boardwalk.
Careless Whisper which was released by the late singer George Michael has come top of a radio poll for the nation’s favourite song for a fifth year in a row.
Gossipmongers found another reason to whisper when Aishwarya Rai Bachchan flew out of Mumbai on Diwali.
I long ago grew tired of apologising for taking up more space than I used to, and with it came a certain giddy liberty … only for it to be followed by a whisper of anxiety that my health might suffer as a result.
In “The Letter,” Green sings: Oh my darling, let me whisper / sweet words of pizmotality / and discuss the puppetutes of love.
It comes with a powerful yet whisper-quiet frother that can handle plant milk and froth at cold temperatures.
It was so low key as to be more a whisper than a wild protest.
Last month, Kate revealed she was thrilled her husbands signs were improving, adding that he can now speak in a whisper.
Only a whisper away Gav.
Rufino, who performs under the name Ferufy, could only hear a whisper of sound from his bandmates during the performance and relied on fellow occupiers to help him remain in time with the songs played.
Seriously, who can focus on a possible murder suspect when a rain-soaked Ulysses is dancing his heart out to George Michael's "Careless Whisper"?
She sings most of the song in a restrained whisper, with her eyes cast down, which I don’t read as a manifestation of shame itself but as an attempt to divorce herself from the cameras, to erect a boundary between herself and the world.
Superman's likely used to having his wife Lois Lane whisper in his ear, but Lex Luthor is now doing the same, although not in as cozy a manner.
There’s discovery and (don’t whisper it too loudly!) learning written all over a brilliant and ambitious new series from the clever book boffins at Oxford University Press!
The saxophone solo in "Careless Whisper" has become one of the most famous saxophone riffs in pop music history.
The tier for Nightmare Sigils rewarded from Whisper Caches will now always be within 5 Levels of the highest-level Nightmare Dungeon the player has completed.
We'd put our arms around you And whisper words so true, That living life without you This past year's been hard to do.
When someone is berating you for something, respond with a whisper instead of a shout.
Common combinations with whisper
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the whisper 17×
- whisper of 17×
- to whisper 16×
- whisper to 12×
- whisper in 12×
- whisper it 11×
- and whisper 7×
- in whisper 6×
- above whisper 6×
- from whisper 5×