One of his standing witticisms was to inquire in a stage whisper of Belle or Lou--whether the little gal over the way had taken the pledge yet.
Mr. Duplan took occasion of a moment aside to whisper to Hosmer with the air of a connoisseur, “fine woman that Mrs. Worthington of yours.
This last and startling revelation was told in a tragic whisper in Lucilla’s ear, for Betsy was standing before them with a tray of chocolate and coffee that she was passing around.
Every waft of the air Was a whisper of prayer, Or a dirge for the dead.
I know not how it occurred, for what had passed between us in the open boat seemed more like a dream than a reality, yet my hand found her own beneath the blanket, and I dared to whisper the words my lips could no longer restrain.
Explain it all to him; tell him who I am, the influence I can wield in the Colony, and then let him whisper the news to the others.
A moment later a sailor passed along the edge of the dock, dragging a coil of rope after him, and must have answered some hail on his way, for instantly a whisper passed swiftly from man to man.
We will whisper the truth to these, and have them ready for a signal.
Strange things are doing everywhere," he added in a whisper to Marshal Tavannes, one of the favorites of his younger days.
If that poor idiot stays in the room," said Gambara in a whisper to the Count, "I cannot possibly play.
In a whisper the word was passed and in an instant every man was alert.
These words were uttered in a guarded whisper by a boy about seventeen years of age, to a great dog that stood by his side.
If you are already showing your teeth and closing your fists, do not whisper soft words all the while.
I should have liked to kneel down before each of them and whisper a few words of compassion to him.
She fills the room with sunshine, and all day long she seems to whisper some beloved name.
Long and long ago the sun will have set, but when I come to the gate I shall go under the olives; though I shall be weary I shall go by the longest way, I shall pass by the winding path, I shall listen for the whisper of the corn.
She was not of the great company whose names we falter at our altars and whisper for love over and over again in the quietness of the night; but of those who are weary.
By his denial of responsibility and by secret whisper within the Church, Smith has placed the disgrace of the betrayal upon my father, who was guiltless of it, and blackened the memory of my dead brother by a misrepresentation of his motives.
You haven't got me--yet," she added in a whisper which was barely audible.
She spoke in an awe-struck whisper in spite of herself.
Even Royston Keene shivered at the low terror-stricken whisper in which these last words were spoken.
A fair, illusive vision that would vanish into air Dared I even touch the silence with the whisper of a prayer?
He was quite alone, and he gave vent to an emphatic half-whisper to himself.
Smoke went up from the lodges on the plains as it had done during the six months La Salle's bones were bleaching on Trinity River; but now a whisper like the whisper of wind in September corn-leaves was rushing from lodge to lodge.
The whisper of water at the base of the rock, and of the sea's sweet song in pines, took the place of the voice which had spoken.
Don't you whisper word to Mam'selle Myra 'bout dese tings, Marse Glober.
At the first whisper I should, of course, drive my wife and child down to the town, where we should be safe, for there the whites are strong, and we have no fear of an attack.
Whisper to me that I have done right to restore to this wandering father and child the blessing of a transparent life, a life without secrecy and without guile!
Whisper to me that in this morning's work I have done what is well pleasing to my God and to you.
I wouldn't have told you so much except that I knew I might trust both of you never to hint or whisper anything against--against any but myself.
I think she had braved herself for some sort of emotional struggle sharp enough to drown the whisper of reprobation.
He must have gone to his own room very softly, meaning not to disturb me; now I heard him calling my name in a whisper and his hand seeking for my face.
The backwash of this excitement penetrated even to the schoolroom, as from time to time some awed whisper ran of this and that one of our classmates being converted, and walking apart from us with the other saved in a chastened mystery.
She laughed and drew him down so that she could whisper in his ear.
At any rate, the whisper which called him back to realization of where he was, came to him so unexpectedly that he sat up with a sudden start.
I couldn't bear seeing all the fellows, hearing them whisper things--oh, Lord!
But while they were talking privily the young man cast a glance upon them and seeing the Wazir whisper the Caliph said, "'Tis rude to whisper.
Then he rose and said somewhat in a whisper to one of his slaves, who went out and returned in a little while with a Kazi and two witnesses.
And the workings re-echo a volley as the timbers are driven in place; Then a whisper is borne to the toilers: "Boys, his mother is there on the brace!
But the evil spirit that haunted the place was there, beside her on the little sofa, and she could hear its demon whisper in her ear.
That was what her whisper had told him plainly enough.
Every breath of the old scandal had been carefully kept from her at home, and Winifred warned many times that he wouldn't have a whisper of it reach her for the world.
There was no wind, and not a whisperin the old oak-tree twenty yards away!
Here Holly, perched on the arm of the great leather chair, had stroked hair curving silvery over an ear into which she would whisper secrets.
But once in a way, as now, the ghost of the past came out to haunt and brood and whisper to any human who chanced to be awake: 'Out of my unowned loneliness you all came, into it some day you will all return.
Over that log they would climb; would whisper together.
That whisper from across the room maddened Soames afresh.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "whisper" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
