to whisper through
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4.2
- phrasal verb
- Literature
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susurrar a través de
- Hearing you whisper through the phone, wait for me to come home.
- whispered through the wind
- whispered through the breeze
- whispered through the air
Examples
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The air rustled in his throat like winter wind whispering through sun-dried grass.
Fiction book (2000) -
In all these cases, the effect of the sounds whispers through the verse lines, creating echoes of sense as well as of sounds.
Academic text (1997) -
The wind is whispering through the trees.
Blog text (30) -
"All right," she whispered through the shakes and fear.
Fiction book (1992) -
A cool breeze whispered through the meadow.
Fiction book (1992) -
Air whispered through wall-mounted vents, cool and tangy-musty.
Fiction book (1993) -
He told of how the man who brought the rations to the cottage whispered through the window: "My old woman and I were listening to the BBC last night, and we heard the Archbishop of Canterbury pray for you by name.
Academic text (2015) -
A haunting ghost of sound—like clad feet whispering through deep snow—came from behind her.
Fiction book (1992) -
And while Alice has always astounded us, screaming as if she's fighting the music for every decibel, it's actually more interesting to hear her whisper through the beeps and beats.
Blog text (8) -
A gentle breeze whispered through the tall grass, creating a soothing sound.
Synonyms
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4.2
To speak in a low, quiet voice, often to complain or say something softly
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4.2
Make a soft bubbling sound as water moves over stones
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9.9
A soft, low sighing sound made by wind or water
A soft rustling sound that wind makes in trees or leaves
To make a soft whispering or rustling sound like leaves
Making a low continuous sound like soft voices or gentle waves
Making a soft sound like leaves when they move
To make a soft swishing sound when something moves quickly through the air
Said very quietly in a soft voice
Antonyms
How Loud
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to move through something making a soft, quiet, murmuring noise' is directly and predictably derived from combining 'whisper' (a soft sound) with 'through' (movement across), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer the MWE. This verb + preposition composition is a normal, cross-linguistically common pattern rather than an idiom, which makes the phrase transparent rather than metaphorically opaque.
Etymology
Whisper through comes from a simple image: wind or music sliding through leaves or a room and making a soft sound like someone whispering. So it means 'to move through something while making a quiet, murmuring sound'.