Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
AS. hwisprian,; akin to G. wispern, wispeln, OHG. hwispaln, Icel. hvīskra, Sw. hviska, Dan. hviske,; of imitative origin. Cf. Whistle
In literature:
Arlington rose and took me by the arm, whispering that I had no need to be embarrassed.
"Simon Dale" by Anthony Hope
The words were whispered in passionate sighing out of the darkness into her ear.
"The Secret of the Storm Country" by Grace Miller White
He dropped his voice almost to a whisper.
"Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo" by E. Phillips Oppenheim
Once I thought I heard this man whisper of the things he saw.
"The Singing Mouse Stories" by Emerson Hough
Just whisper when I ask a question.
"To The West" by George Manville Fenn
Then her head went down upon the bulwarks, but not before I had caught the whispered "yes" that escaped her lips.
"A Bid for Fortune" by Guy Boothby
The maids stood off from her a little, whispering.
"The Genius" by Margaret Horton Potter
The whispering grew louder, like a breeze stirring dry cornstalks.
"The Whispering Spheres" by Russell Robert Winterbotham
A voice, vibrant and soft with tears, whispered in the gloom of the cab.
"Erik Dorn" by Ben Hecht
Captain Kendrick, between the acts, could hear whispered comments all about him.
"Fair Harbor" by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
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In poetry:
There cometh a whisper
And a look from a languishing eye
Lovingly praying
"Dear mother! oh let me die!"
"Wishing" by Edwin Arnold
There was a whispering in my hearth,
A sigh of the coal.
Grown wistful of a former earth
It might recall.
"Miners" by Wilfred Owen
"Mother," the poor boy whispered,
"May I not go again?
I do not heed the wind, mother,
I'm not afraid of rain.
"Who Cares?" by John Hartley
And up from many a bearded lip,
In whispers soft and low;
Rises the songs the mother taught
The boy long years ago.
"Mother's Songs" by Frank Barbour Coffin
Doubt whispers, Thou art such a blot
He cannot love poor thee:
If what I am he loveth not,
He loves what I shall be.
"In The Night" by George MacDonald
But oft, at eve, the autumn wind
The living branches plays,
Fresh whispering from that sunny grave
Its melancholy lays.
"The Trees" by Ernest Jones
In news:
It seems I've acquired a couple of new names lately: Jan the Baby-Whisperer and Jan the Barometer.
"The Baby-Whisperer" came from the day I met my toddler friend Ryan, his mother, and his grandmother for lunch.
As Jewish families gather to celebrate the New Year on Wednesday night, there are sure to be some fashion designers whispering prayers of their own.
Cocktail Whisperer and master mixologist Jamie Boudreau.
There's nothing better than testing a burger recipe to bring back a whisper of summer.
One of the media elite's most whispered-about scandals went public Wednesday when married CNN correspondent Jeffrey Toobin squared off with a woman who says he's the father of her baby.
Karl "Trout Whisperer" Seckinger is an outdoor enthusiast and resides in northeastern Minnesota.
But his normal speaking voice ranked just above a whisper.
A live performance by Spark And Whisper.
Today the 76ers confirmed what has been whispered for some time: Allen Iverson won't be back in a Sixers uniform this season.
Imagine not being able to speak above a whisper.
Which raises a question for all conservatives in the arts: Why are we whispering .
2011 Chateau d'Esclans Whispering Angel Rose.
Whispering Gallery No Secret in DRC Gold Cup.
Whispering Gallery wins the 2011 DRC Gold Cup.
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In science:
Upon this procedure, the mode propagating along the waveguide transforms into a whispering-gallery mode of a ring.
Coherent Random Lasing and "Almost Localized" Photon Modes
Owing to their spatial confinement and energy level discretization, they can be brought in strong coupling with the single mode of a microcavity, such as that offered by a pillar (etched planar cavity),20 the defect of a photonic crystal21 or the whispering gallery mode of a microdisk,22,23 among others.
Optical spectra of a quantum dot in a microcavity in the nonlinear regime
With microdisk resonators, the whispering gallery modes of a thin disk supported by a column provide the high Q modes of the cavity.
Optical spectra of a quantum dot in a microcavity in the nonlinear regime
Tunable optical frequency comb with a crystalline whispering gallery mode resonator.
Octave Spanning Frequency Comb on a Chip
Phase-matched excitation of whispering-gallerymode resonances by a fiber taper.
Octave Spanning Frequency Comb on a Chip
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