currs

verb

present tense third-person singular of curr
as in whispers

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for currs
  1. whispers
  2. sighs
  3. hisses
  4. fizzes
  5. wheezes
  6. murmurs
Verb
  • The Moon, tied to intuition, moves through your 12th House of Solitude and conjoins healing Chiron there, opening gentle space to notice what your heart whispers.
    — Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2026
  • From the United States losing in the round of 16 after the whole Folarin Balogun saga, to Argentina eventually going down to Spain in the final, the outcomes on the field in the end minimized whispers about potential FIFA meddling.
    — Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of whispers
Verb
  • Inevitably the streak ends and everyone sighs, reflects and returns to work.
    — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026
  • Gosha sighs, at the prospect of having to raise an amount that, over in the States, would be less than 50 bucks.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 11 July 2026
Definition of sighs
Verb
  • Gaga hisses to her hair and makeup team after Priestly swans away.
    — Nigel Smith, PEOPLE, 2 May 2026
  • Carrie’s voice hisses in my ear.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026
Definition of hisses
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  • Set the scene One of the very smartest hotel addresses in London, The Connaught Hotel’s energy crackles and fizzes from morning through night, with coming and goings, reunions, a hum of excitement and a permanent sense of occasion.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 June 2026
  • Our blind taste test deduced which flavored fizzes bubbled up to the top.
    — Emily Heil, Washington Post, 15 May 2026
Definition of fizzes
Verb
  • The film wheezes through its less-than-80-minute running time, and no one seems all that sad to move on.
    — Will Leitch, Vulture, 16 Dec. 2025
Definition of wheezes
Verb
  • Yoon murmurs something into her ear.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 June 2026
  • There are also murmurs about the US government wanting a stake in the company.
    — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 11 June 2026
Definition of murmurs
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“Currs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/currs. Accessed 26 Aug. 2026.

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