Whispers

Examples

• Oh merciful Death, let me see it before your arms enfold me, before your voice whispers to me, Rest at last! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• They sat wondering, in silence; or, if they exchanged a few words, spoke in whispers, as if they were afraid to hear the sound of their own voices. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• When all this was done to the magistrate's satisfaction, the magistrate and Mr. Jinks consulted in whispers. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• I sat down to look at the drawing, and to tell Marian, in whispers, what had happened. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• When they passed a prison of the State, they kept far from its frowning walls, and looked up at its bars, and spoke in whispers. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• To the silence of the preceding moment, now succeeded murmurs of discontent, and agitations, and whispers and shrugs. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Analytical Chemist again bends and whispers. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Moore and Helstone are of 'earth's first blood'--no bunglers--no cravens---- A crash--smash--shiver--stopped their whispers. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• They spoke little, and that in whispers, and were as silent and awe-stricken as if the remains of the murdered woman lay in the next room. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Jo, whispers the law-stationer softly as the boy lingers on the step. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Don't you hear to what soft whispers the wind has fallen? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• As dawn approached, the setting stars and breaking day dimmed the creation of fancy; the wakened song of birds hushed her whispers. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I suppose no whispers have ever been heard against his character? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Doctor Manette received such patients here as his old reputation, and its revival in the floating whispers of his story, brought him. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• He patiently awaits an explicit answer; and Jo, more baffled by his patience than by anything else, at last desperately whispers a name in his ear. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Then you have some secret hope to buoy you up and please you with whispers of the future? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• The ?il-de-B?uf is one tempest of whispers: We will fly to Metz; we will not fly. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Very few whispers broke the mournful silence. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• The old housekeeper, sitting by him, knows what he would write and whispers, No, he has not come back yet, Sir Leicester. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• They conversed for some time in whispers. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Mr. Bucket rings, goes to the door, briefly whispers Mercury, shuts the door, and stands behind it with his arms folded. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Whispers reach me of Miss Shepherd having said she wished I wouldn't stare so, and having avowed a preference for Master Jones--for Jones! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• As the whispers became louder, which they did from that time every minute, they became more threatening. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• After some more jokes on the same subject, they exchanged a few short whispers with Fagin; and withdrew. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• At its termination, Colonel Dent and his party consulted in whispers for two minutes, then the Colonel called out-- Bride! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Mrs. Snagsby whispers Hush! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• They talked together in whispers. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• But now he can only whisper, and what he whispers sounds like what it is--mere jumble and jargon. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Her grief burst out when she first saw me; but she controlled it soon, and spoke in whispers, and walked softly, as if the dead could be disturbed. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• People spoke in whispers; anxious faces appeared at the gate, from time to time; women and children went away in tears. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.

Editor: Stephen