barest whisper

Frequency: 5.80.5 per million words

used to describe the quietest possible sound or the slightest rumor

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Examples (10)

  • He spoke in the barest whisper, so I had to lean in to hear him.
  • The only sound in the tomb was the barest whisper of the wind.
  • She could only manage the barest whisper after losing her voice.
  • Not even the barest whisper of a complaint was heard from the stoic soldiers.
  • The stock market reacted to the barest whisper of a potential merger.
  • There has not been the barest whisper of any wrongdoing from the committee.
  • If the barest whisper of this secret gets out, our plan will fail.
  • The detective was searching for even the barest whisper of a clue.
  • In the dead of night, the barest whisper can sound like a shout.
  • The authoritarian government suppressed the barest whisper of opposition.