sibilant

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Recent Examples of sibilant Spelling Bee Tedious, invidious, devious, conquer, identify, magnify, sibilant, uranium. John McPhee, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025 What’s the rule on forming a singular possessive of a name ending with a sibilant? Daniel Foster, National Review, 19 Sep. 2024 The superb soundtrack deepens that push-pull, in the sibilant whoosh of ocean waves, the gentle percussion of rain against a city window, the incessant murmur of an airport terminal. Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Apr. 2023 The insectivorous choruses actually synchronize their sibilant symphonies in a deafening, but gorgeous, hum. Ross Kenneth Urken, Scientific American, 14 June 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sibilant
Noun
  • However, things never get out of hand and there isn’t a hint of sibilance.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Finally, the treble was so smooth and restrained, never straying into sibilance or even a hint of distortion.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Before the referee had even dropped the whistle from his mouth, Erling Haaland galloped onto the pitch with a coach clearly tasked with readying him to replace Omar Marmoush at the break.
    Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 27 June 2025
  • These included animal bone pendants, a potential whistle made from a snail shell, and human remains.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 26 June 2025

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“Sibilant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sibilant. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.

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