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    whispered
    [ adj ]
    spoken in soft hushed tones without vibrations of the vocal cords
    <adj.all>
    a long whispered conversation


    Whisper \Whis"per\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Whispered}; p. pr. &
    vb. n. {Whispering}.] [AS. hwisprian; akin to G. wispern,
    wispeln, OHG. hwispal?n, Icel. hv[=i]skra, Sw. hviska, Dan.
    hviske; of imitative origin. Cf. {Whistle}.]
    1. To speak softly, or under the breath, so as to be heard
    only by one near at hand; to utter words without sonant
    breath; to talk without that vibration in the larynx which
    gives sonorous, or vocal, sound. See {Whisper}, n.

    2. To make a low, sibilant sound or noise.

    The hollow, whispering breeze. --Thomson.

    3. To speak with suspicion, or timorous caution; to converse
    in whispers, as in secret plotting.

    All that hate me whisper together against me. --Ps.
    xli. 7.

    1. He whispered that his brother had been there.
    2. Bill, out of courtesy, whispered in my ear not so long ago that he wanted to go back to private life.
    3. It is whispered that Dollars 250,000 may have been illegally contributed by an Arkansas institution to Mr Clinton's 1992 presidential election campaign.
    4. You are with us," one guard whispered out of earshot of his superior.
    5. At one point, however, he interrupted his remarks to hold a whispered conversation with a woman behind the stage's curtain.
    6. Wright said the alleged mobsters, suspecting they might be under surveillance, turned on hair dryers, flushed toilets, whispered and used other means to try to make conversations inaudible.
    7. But he predicts, in whispered tones, that the Iraqi "madman" will occupy Jordan next, and then such trinkets will sell fast.
    8. Though presidential candidates from Tom Jefferson to Jack Kennedy have been whispered about before, none lost an election because of bedroom sport.
    9. There won't be any more plundering and abuses in the name of standing against Israel." The same wish, with more skepticism, is whispered in the souks and coffee houses of Syria's major cities.
    10. Don't you hear your baby begging for his life?"' Patients inside shied away from the clinic's windows and whispered among themselves.
    11. Besides, the whispered plea of an Iowa corn farmer wouldn't stand a chance against the din from the floor of the world's oldest and largest grain exchange, where bushels of grain are traded in millions and blessings are counted in dollars.
    12. Four years ago, when some friends approached Elliot Robinson, they whispered one investment tip: ginseng.
    13. Els smiled and whispered something that had the blushing salesman actually laughing as he marched towards the green. There is no doubt that South Africans are on the verge of a great love affair.
    14. With a wan smile on her face, Ms. Barry then patted her husband's hand in a comforting way and whispered to him.
    15. He had a brief symbolic meeting with President Reagan on the runway and whispered to him that he had decided on Quayle.
    16. The Ministry of Finance whispered to the Japanese institutions, "How many are you going to buy?
    17. "Of course there have been mistakes, but that will change now," she added after a brown-coated man whispered something into her ear.
    18. All we are asking you to do, Michael, is read it. And then he whispered away, his grey form merging into the grey corporate decor.
    19. The only letter in her file on the subject came from a courthouse secretary who reported that two elderly visitors whispered about Ms. Taylor's short, tight skirt.
    20. To the West, his message is whispered through his advisers: He wants to restrain inflation.
    21. But others, fearing for their jobs, stopped each other in hallways and whispered questions about Mr. Walsh and their futures.
    22. "This is the greatest day of my life after being put down all these years," whispered the 66-year-old woman.
    23. In return you can give your blessings." But the blessings must accompany some money, another man advised. "Just 51 rupees (about $3.30)," he whispered.
    24. Mr Blair's name is whispered as frequently on the opposition as on the government frontbench. The 39-year-old MP for Sedgefield has played no part in the leadership campaign save as one of Mr Smith's many backers in the shadow cabinet.
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