Example sentences for: whisper

How can you use “whisper” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • I stifled an urge to whisper, "If you leave now, you can catch the Matlock rerun"--which would have been snotty but not completely off the point.

  • The NYT, Post (in their business sections), and WSJ report that Amazon.com Inc.'s fourth-quarter revenue, $650 million, failed to match analysts' "whisper number," which in some circles doubled earlier, published estimates of $500 million.

  • To be useful, The Complete Plain Words and other books like it must be read through . Then, when people are about to use infer or imply , a small voice should whisper, “I seem to recall that Gower [or Fowler , or some other work, including every medium-sized dictionary] had something on that,” occasioning a quick look-up that would resolve the question at once.

  • So, before the toss, I dashed over to whisper in her ear that there were older ladies right behind her and to take care not to trip them.

  • As written, the character has no center, and Branagh's mimetic turn allows him to skip along the surface of the part while people in the audience whisper, "He sounds like Woody Allen!"


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