sibilance

Examples

• All

• She closes her eyes and over and over hears the soft sibilance of his words.

  Fiction book (1996)

• Behind Lucinda in the parlor, Clara could hear the soft sibilances and rise and fall of subdued talk.

  Fiction book (1993)

• These parameters were designed to capture the development of sibilance, and they were mainly expected to differ over time.

  Academic text (2013)

• The proposed measures were primarily designed to account for patterns of coarticulation and the development of sibilance over time.

  Academic text (2013)

• The soft sibilance of my voice didn't square with what I had to say, and I felt paralyzed by a pressure, a sense that if I started talking there was a good chance I'd never stop.

  Fiction book (1994)

• This so amused the youngsters that we listened far more attentively to the music of his sibilances than to the religious message he was striving to convey.

  Academic text (2000)

• Richly detailed and imaginative, this riveting story is intensified by Cassidy's seductive sibilance and transcendent performance.

  Academic text (2015)

• The poet skillfully used sibilance to enhance the musical quality of his verses with soft, hissing sounds.

• The sibilance between the lines added a whispering effect that made the dialogue feel more intimate.

Synonyms

C

consonance

vssibilance

• Literature

7.7

The repeating of the same consonant sound at the ends of words

is the repetition specifically of s-like hissing sounds rather than consonants in general

S

sibilant consonant

vssibilance

• Specialized

8.0

A speech sound that makes a hissing noise, like s or sh

is the repetition of those hissing sounds across speech or writing

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology