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Example sentences for "susurrus"

Lexicographically close words:
sustentation; suster; susteyne; sustinere; sustinet; sut; sutable; sutch; sute; suters
  1. A Soft Susurrus A soft susurrus in the night, A song whose singer is unseen-- 'Twere poetry itself to write "A soft susurrus in the night!

  2. The Passionate Householder to His Love The Servants Our Dum'd Animals A Soft Susurrus A Summer Summary A Quatrain To a Light Housekeeper How?

  3. I know, as those mosquitos bite, That I forgot to fix that screen, "A soft susurrus in the night!

  4. Slowly the soft susurrus background song of the big wheel penetrated consciousness, and another, closer roar.

  5. In the background, the susurrus of the air jets rose slightly to the soft lullaby-sound that the wheel would always sing as she rolled.

  6. The bubbling became a hiss that settled into a soft susurrus of background noise, as the jets forced air through the river of water in the circular tanks of the rim.

  7. On this side, a hedge along the neighboring cross-road, Where Hyblaean bees ever feed on the flower of the willow, Often with gentle susurrus to fall asleep shall persuade thee.

  8. Aloft, through the intricate arches Of its aerial roof, arose the chant of their vespers, Mingling its notes with the soft susurrus and sighs of the branches.

  9. They are the susurrus of the breeze before the storm, and you await what is to follow with palpitating heart.

  10. In my room or in the garden I hear no noise, no sounds save the susurrus of leaves and the sweet monotony of the rushing Ahr, and the cries and broken songs of birds.

  11. The contagion of suspense was in the air,--you seemed to catch it in the faint susurrus of the poplars.

  12. The ashes fell with a soft susurrus in the grate.

  13. There was not a sound about them save the susurrus of their feet going through the moonflowers.

  14. The whispering water, the scarce audible susurrus of faintly stirred leaves overhead, the singing of the gnats, the low incessant croon of the cushats, these were all the sounds to hear.

  15. Though in the forest no travelling susurrus was audible, the wind had arisen again upon the heights.

  16. To her strained ears it was as though she heard a light susurrus of brushed dew: but it might be a wandering breath of air among the gale, or an adder moving through the grass, or a fern-owl hawking under the rowan-trees.


  17. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "susurrus" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.