How to Use whisper in a Sentence

whisper

1 of 2 verb
  • She leaned over and whispered to the girl next to her.
  • A soft breeze whispered through the trees.
  • She leaned over and whispered something to the girl next to her.
  • He whispered in my ear.
  • I couldn't hear what they were saying because they were whispering.
  • And gear that hugs and tugs in all the wrong places doesn’t whisper.
    — Marisa McMillan, Outside, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Alex whispered, half to me half to Dad.
    — Griffin Dunne, Vulture, 19 June 2026
  • Jones whispered for me and Dew to step away from the door.
    — Josh Owens, HollywoodReporter, 14 Apr. 2026
  • The muse may whisper in your ear today!
    — Usa Today, USA Today, 28 Nov. 2025
  • Is the muse whispering in your ear?
    — Usa Today, USA Today, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Better to scream than to whisper.
    — Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2025
  • These things are whispering to me.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2025
  • Hike windswept cliffs where shipwrecks whisper.
    — Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
  • There was a lot of kind of people whispering in my ear about you.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • And so someone might come past me and whisper over my shoulder.
    — Emily Elias, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 May 2026
  • Light incense and whisper the names of those who came before you.
    — Lisa Stardust, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Aragón Aragón is a region that whispers rather than shouts.
    — Nigel Hack, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Through the echo of the old story whispering from the walls.
    — Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Some wondered whether whispers about his drug use were costing him work.
    — Matt Kempner, ajc, 22 June 2023
  • Two staffers next to me whispered to each other, catching up about their week off.
    — Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 14 May 2026
  • Her lips moved only to whisper to herself.
    — Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Thanasis then leaned in and whispered in his brother’s ear.
    — Eric Nehm, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The lyrics are both whispered and nearly shouted.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 21 June 2026
  • Michael, who has been staring at the door, looks up and whispers in Lumet’s ear.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Later, the witch doesn’t need a wand, but has only to whisper an idea in the right ear.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 18 May 2022
  • Sweden whispers through ancient forests and glacial fjords.
    — Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • If only someone were there to whisper this every hour of my life.
    — New York Times, 31 Mar. 2021
  • The ones their neighbors whisper are witches.
    — Angeline Jane Bernabe, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Just hearing this phrase whispered on the other end of the phone is enough to send a chill up your spine.
    — Steven Thrash, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025
  • An elderly man near the front of the pack called one of the agents over to him and whispered in his ear.
    — Ruby Cramer, New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2026

whisper

2 of 2 noun
  • She spoke in a whisper.
  • I've heard whispers that the company might go out of business.
  • Then comes a whisper from the deep.
    — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 28 Nov. 2025
  • My voice strained in a half-whisper.
    — Adam Verner september 3, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
  • He still the storm to a whisper; the waves of the sea were hushed.
    — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 4 May 2022
  • Sloane style has bounced back, too, and the look has a whisper of the old days.
    — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 23 May 2026
  • All of us hold in our hearts, the gentle whisper of true love.
    — Ashley Lee, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2024
  • My voice was barely above a whisper.
    — Brianne Tracy, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
  • There are even whispers of his ghost still haunting the area.
    — Olivia Young, CBS News, 19 June 2026
  • At first the room was silent, but then a ripple of whispers spread.
    — Literary Hub, 11 Feb. 2026
  • My voice was barely above a whisper.
    — Brianne Tracy, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
  • His voice is low, almost a whisper.
    — Literary Hub, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Still, the whisper in the ear was there for those who wanted to hear it.
    — Peter Baker, New York Times, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Olivia found out about it through whispers in her sixth-grade classroom.
    — Charlie Wells, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Addie leaned in with a whisper.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2026
  • In the room where his family was killed, his voice drops to a whisper.
    — Nina Strochlic, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2023
  • The world discovered what had once felt like a whisper.
    — Gina Góngora, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Mar. 2026
  • There was nobody around, and the only sound was the whisper of the wind.
    — Rosecrans Baldwin, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Yet whispers of a big shake-up have proved to be little more than … whispers.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Luxury that is more of a whisper, not a shout, is still on the minds of many.
    — Isiah Magsino, Town & Country, 5 Jan. 2023
  • For some, the good news started with a whisper — or a baby’s cry.
    — Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 26 June 2026
  • The little girl yawns and closes her eyes, a whisper of a smile on her sleepy face.
    — Cheryl Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2023
  • The whispers about the 41-year-old turned louder.
    — Russell Lewis, NPR, 23 June 2026
  • No rattling wheels, no jolts, just a smooth, whisper-quiet ride.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Now, peppery and earthy notes, with whispers of charred oak, are detectable.
    — Jesse Szewczyk, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The gentle shades whisper of long, sandy, sunbaked days and cool, breezy evenings.
    — Rachel Gallaher, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Joe, in almost a whisper (as if the fish might hear him), pointed off to the left side.
    — Matthew Monagan, Travel + Leisure, 2 Sep. 2023
  • But there was the whisper of moral abdication in his words as well.
    — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2023
  • The flavor comes from the fiery pepper and a whisper of garlic.
    — The Editors Of Men's Health, Men's Health, 29 Oct. 2022
  • The constant food noise went from being a screaming voice in my head to a faint whisper.
    — Self Staff, SELF, 9 Jan. 2026

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