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to make (as a piece of information) the subject of common talk without any authority or confirmation of accuracy
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Recent Examples of whispered
Dan Greene, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Ariana Grande whispered into her blonde hair, thanked Glinda for guiding for the past few years, and then got her brunette baddie back on.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2025
Just hearing this phrase whispered on the other end of the phone is enough to send a chill up your spine.
—Steven Thrash, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025
Like marmalade, said to be from Marie est malade, the words whispered to a seasick Mary Queen of Scots by her maid, presumably while munching marmalade on toast.
—Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
Before you were turned into a human s’more, how much investigation was there into what Ralph Fiennes whispered in Nick Hoult’s ear on the set of The Menu?
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2025
There were whispered mentions of prison, alcoholism, domestic abuse.
—Rachel Linden, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
Samira, a 19-year-old student from Kabul, was in a religious education class on Wednesday when a cleaner entered the room and whispered something to her teacher, who ran out, and then came back minutes later, beaming with her phone.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
Not the one on the field to celebrate a win, but the quieter one to punctuate a season — sharing hugs, backslaps and whispered words of encouragement for the winter to come, for a winter that has come too soon.
—Tim Britton, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
The two whispered their greetings, then scooted over to the set’s faux-marble staircase for a photo.
—Dan Greene, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Ariana Grande whispered into her blonde hair, thanked Glinda for guiding for the past few years, and then got her brunette baddie back on.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2025
Just hearing this phrase whispered on the other end of the phone is enough to send a chill up your spine.
—Steven Thrash, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025
Like marmalade, said to be from Marie est malade, the words whispered to a seasick Mary Queen of Scots by her maid, presumably while munching marmalade on toast.
—Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
Before you were turned into a human s’more, how much investigation was there into what Ralph Fiennes whispered in Nick Hoult’s ear on the set of The Menu?
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2025
There were whispered mentions of prison, alcoholism, domestic abuse.
—Rachel Linden, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
Samira, a 19-year-old student from Kabul, was in a religious education class on Wednesday when a cleaner entered the room and whispered something to her teacher, who ran out, and then came back minutes later, beaming with her phone.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
Not the one on the field to celebrate a win, but the quieter one to punctuate a season — sharing hugs, backslaps and whispered words of encouragement for the winter to come, for a winter that has come too soon.
—Tim Britton, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for whispered
Verb
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One extenuating circumstance for brands such as Missoni and Etro, which has also been rumored to be for sale for years, is that the founding families are still invested in those companies and can put the brakes on any sale.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
11 Nov. 2025
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It was rumored that the Yankees were particularly stingy about the idea of moving Jones at the July trade deadline.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The season 2 finale introduced a dizzying cheating scandal that revealed even more cracks in the ever-cratering friend group.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Nov. 2025
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Their excavations revealed no signs of a social hierarchy, such as statues of specific individuals.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Another SmackDown segment also hinted that a match could be occurring at Survivor Series War Games featuring several women's tag teams.—
Matthew Couden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Nov. 2025
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More collaborations with founder friends, Hadid hinted, could be on the horizon.—
Noor Lobad,
Footwear News,
7 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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No photograph could catch the smell drifting from the nearby military barracks and Indian camps; capture the murmured swirl of French, English, Arapaho, and Lakota; or let a viewer feel the colliding anxieties and expectations that hung heavy over negotiations like this.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Steven Godfrey, a college football insider, has suggested that Swinney and the Arkansas Razorbacks could be an interesting match.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Nov. 2025
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Scientists have suggested that Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has the long-term stability required for life to develop.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Jerry Jones didn’t care much about what his Dallas Cowboys’ 3-5-1 record implied before the NFL trade deadline.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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As practically everyone on the reunion stage, including Stause’s sole remaining ally, Chelsea Lazkani, either said or implied, there is a line—and Stause crossed it.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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His wraparound, tight-quarters assist on a Keshad Johnson dunk in the second half breathed fire into the lungs of the home crowd.—
Bryce Miller Columnist,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Nov. 2021
Adjective
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Moviegoers' comic enjoyment was so prominent that at one point, a foul-mouthed viewer yelled for everyone to shut up.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
31 Oct. 2025
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Instead of the slow, masked killers people were used to, Freddy Krueger was a quick-witted, foul-mouthed, charismatic villain who could kill people in their dreams, oftentimes dragging them down into his nightmarish boiler room before finishing them off.—
Keith Langston,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Whispered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whispered. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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