Definitions
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
whisper .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective spoken in soft hushed tones without vibrations of the vocal cords
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Examples
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And if I thought I caught my name whispered on the breeze, I chose not to acknowledge it.
Brush of Darkness Allison Pang 2011
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And if I thought I caught my name whispered on the breeze, I chose not to acknowledge it.
Brush of Darkness Allison Pang 2011
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He was wakened in the middle of the night, a word whispered in his ear.
Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010
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He was wakened in the middle of the night, a word whispered in his ear.
Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010
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He was wakened in the middle of the night, a word whispered in his ear.
Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010
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Eight months had passed with nothing but the memory of smooth brown legs wrapped around his body and his name whispered in the night.
Let The Dead Lie Malla Nunn 2010
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Eight months had passed with nothing but the memory of smooth brown legs wrapped around his body and his name whispered in the night.
Let The Dead Lie Malla Nunn 2010
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She seems not to hear her name whispered repeatedly from the other side of the bar, not even to notice the flashbulbs that explode each time she turns her profile to the gallery.
Maximum Security Rose Connors 2004
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She seems not to hear her name whispered repeatedly from the other side of the bar, not even to notice the flashbulbs that explode each time she turns her profile to the gallery.
Maximum Security Rose Connors 2004
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She seems not to hear her name whispered repeatedly from the other side of the bar, not even to notice the flashbulbs that explode each time she turns her profile to the gallery.
Maximum Security Rose Connors 2004
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