whispering
Collocations
5ADJ.
last, little, nice, other, outside, similar
VERB + WHISPERING
call, heard, listen, voice
WHISPERING + NOUN
mary, mary's, night, something
PREP.
about, into
ADV.
maybe
Definitions
adj
That whispers.
Associated with whispers.
noun
Something that is whispered; gossip; a rumor.
The sound of whispers;
The tendency of modern science is to close this gate—though it can never stop the search for it—the vague desire after some kind of communication, some kind of poetic identification with the soul that reveals itself through the rolling year, the mysterious presence that is felt to lie behind the outbuddings of spring, the wealth and greenery of summer, with all its whisperings and music and rippling laughter, the blue of autumn, with its fruitage, its expansive horizons, its glory veiling temporary decay.
The projection of intention and influence caused by sending thoughts or desires outward through softly-spoken words or subtle mental or energetic means.
"Witches feel that anyone who is against them has to be destroyed. The method is to give the victim what we call a whispering. It is similar to the aborigine ceremony in Australia of singing someone to death. The witches gather in a circle and focus their hate on the persons they have in mind. These vibrations from their minds and voices carry whispers to the one who they are working against."
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6The tendency of modern science is to close this gate—though it can never stop the search for it—the vague desire after some kind of communication, some kind of poetic identification with the soul that
Wiktionary"Witches feel that anyone who is against them has to be destroyed. The method is to give the victim what we call a whispering. It is similar to the aborigine ceremony in Australia of singing someone t
WiktionaryThe boys were whispering; I knew they were up to something.
Tatoeba · #267939I heard my parents whispering last night.
Tatoeba · #325649He craned his neck a bit in hopes of hearing what they were whispering.
Tatoeba · #608949Hope is a little voice whispering "maybe" when it seems the entire world is shouting "no"!
Tatoeba · #1398437