as in rumored
to make (as a piece of information) the subject of common talk without any authority or confirmation of accuracy
assistants whispered that the two singers were having a secret relationship
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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
Adjective
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
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Everything else was affected by its gravitational pull and drawn into the work of dilating it further—even the firms rumored to be at the farthest remove from the crudity, even negative emissions technologies and the market on which their credits circulated.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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Inspired by executive producer and Kardashian’s real-life divorce attorney Laura Wasser (who is also rumored to have been the model for the Laura Dern character in Marriage Story), All’s Fair ostensibly means to explore how these women’s careers inform their personal lives, and vice versa.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Nov. 2025
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Though the serial killer in each installment of Scream is always revealed to be a different person, the phone voice has remained consistent since Jackson, now 65, took on the job back in 1996.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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The research team revealed that during the HTC process, iron was incorporated to impart magnetic properties to the resulting hydrochar, enabling post-treatment recovery using an external magnet.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Oct. 2025
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Head coach Dave Canales hinted that a change in the running back rotation could come as early as this week.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Nov. 2025
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Executives hinted that more cuts may be on the way in the new year as the company looks to get leaner, reduce bureaucracy and invest further in AI.—
Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
30 Oct. 2025
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Some scholars suggested Trump may be referring to testing weapons delivery systems, not the warheads themselves.—
Semafor Events,
semafor.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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Asked on Sunday why more Americans feel this way about Democrats than the president -- even amidst the East Wing demolitions or a White House Halloween party hosted during the shutdown -- Martin suggested Republicans were in hotter water and disapproved of by Americans more.—
Brittany Shepherd,
ABC News,
3 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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This is why, for most of the 20th century — until the 1980s — people assumed that the hot Big Bang implied a singularity at the beginning.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
24 Oct. 2025
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At the time, the caption in one of her posts implied she's been dating the person since 2019.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 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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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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Davidson’s condition, which leads him to make foul-mouthed outbursts, was barely understood at the time and was the source of misunderstandings, bullying, and harassment.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Whispered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whispered. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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