Meaning of susurration | Babel Free

Definitions

A low and indistinct whispering sound; a murmur.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Most of the Hummers are honey-lovers, and they extract the sweetest juices of the flowers. The "soft susurrations" of their wings, as they poise above the flowers, inserting their long beaks into tubes of nectar, announce⟳ their presence.”

“The rain⟳ was now falling more steadily, with a low, monotonous susurration, interrupted at long intervals by the sudden slashing of the boughs of the trees as the wind rose and failed.”

“"If only that last⟳ part is a translation…." said Dalton hopefully. Then the alien susurration ceased coming from the reproducer and he closed his mouth abruptly and leaned forward⟳.”

“Halleck nodded, heard the faint sussurration^([sic]) and felt the air shift as a lockport swung open⟳ beside him.”

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