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# whispering

«whispering» in Mova's school dictionary: **speaking very softly, so only people close by can hear** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (whisperings); also the -ing form of whisper

### meaning for a pupil

1) Whispering is speaking very softly, so only people close by can hear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whispering/#m1)

2) A whispering is a soft, secret talk, often about someone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whispering/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, a creature awakens someone with its whisperings

### examples

- I was woken by their whisperings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whispering/#x1)
- The class fell quiet with whispering. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whispering/#x2)
- The whispering wind moved the leaves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whispering/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [Grown-ups keep friends' secrets too, so whispering on the phone is often about someone else's private problem.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/35-closed-doors-whispers-and-secrets/18/)
- [Whispering and giggling about someone who is present makes them feel left out and talked about.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/202-rumours-and-gossip/20/)
- [Whispering unkind things behind someone's back is as bad as saying them out loud.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/346-teasing-and-laughing-at-others/19/)
- [Everyone was whispering.» She was hurt that they hadn't trusted her.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/453-lied-to-by-someone-you-love/3/)
- [Children often notice when something is wrong — whispering, closed doors, tense smiles.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/453-lied-to-by-someone-you-love/41/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «whispering» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whispering/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.