Examples of sibilance in a Sentence
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Test recordings of my voice were incredibly clean, with no fuzz, sibilance, or laptop fan noise.
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Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 6 Mar. 2026
Tracks sputtered and rang out with rah-rah rattlesnake sibilance.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 26 Feb. 2026
Grand Luna has an unprecedented high-frequency extension that goes as high as 30kHz, while remaining smooth, non-fatiguing, and eliminating harshness or sibilance thanks to Campfire’s acoustic engineering.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
However, things never get out of hand and there isn’t a hint of sibilance.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Controls here are limited but do offer adjustments to sibilance, EQ, stereo width, and loudness.
—Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 6 Feb. 2024
In it, a man dressed as a proto-millennial female — hair in Hollywood waves, slight sibilance, exquisite vocal fry — delivered quick-cut punch lines in rapid succession.
—Alessandra Colaianni, STAT, 25 Nov. 2021
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Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 6 Mar. 2026
Tracks sputtered and rang out with rah-rah rattlesnake sibilance.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 26 Feb. 2026
Grand Luna has an unprecedented high-frequency extension that goes as high as 30kHz, while remaining smooth, non-fatiguing, and eliminating harshness or sibilance thanks to Campfire’s acoustic engineering.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
However, things never get out of hand and there isn’t a hint of sibilance.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Controls here are limited but do offer adjustments to sibilance, EQ, stereo width, and loudness.
—Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 6 Feb. 2024
In it, a man dressed as a proto-millennial female — hair in Hollywood waves, slight sibilance, exquisite vocal fry — delivered quick-cut punch lines in rapid succession.
—Alessandra Colaianni, STAT, 25 Nov. 2021
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“Sibilance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sibilance. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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