Sentences with phrase «whispered conversation»

A "whispered conversation" refers to a conversation where people speak in a very soft and quiet voice, usually to keep the discussion private or to not disturb others nearby. Full definition
The only time Doug even heard his name was when he was listening in on late - night whispered conversations in the kitchen.
The sun has set over a chilly Laodicea, but Nympha's home is warm with lamplight and hums with the welcoming sound of stifled laughter whispered conversation.
The Mikes were still engaged in the same whispered conversation they'd been having earlier, before I'd zoned out and started seeing things — a debate over the «coolest melee weapon in the history of cinema.»
It's gone from whispered conversations and furtive downloads to best seller lists and mainstream coverage.
Hence, you don't have to have whispered conversations in a birth center about your holistic plans like when you birth in a hospital!
Flannery took him aside, engaged him in whispered conversation.
They hear the whispered conversation between you and your husband that is taking place in the bathroom with the fan on and shower running where you are discussing what to get DS for Christmas, but they * don't * hear you telling them to get their shoes out of the middle of the floor when you are standing right in front of them.
A whispered conversation can be forgotten and a piece of paper burned, but digital communications are almost always stored somewhere, either on the...
A whispered conversation can be forgotten and a piece of paper burned, but digital communications are almost always stored somewhere, either on the sender's or recipient's computer or on a server in between.
One day the U.N. is evacuated because of a threat and when Silvia returns to pick up her belongings she overhears a whispered conversation in Ku, a dialect spoken in Matobo (it's a fictitious language mixed in with Swahili that was invented for the movie), that mentions Zuwanie will be assassinated the day he comes to address the General Assembly to state his case to remain in power.
Silvia reports the overheard, whispered conversation to the authorities, which brings in two agents from a branch of the U.S. Secret Service, Keller and Woods (Sean Penn and Catherine Keener).
For all of the upsides of an insider account — the whispered conversations, the exact wording of communiques between key parties, the personal backstories — there is the risk that we are getting a particular slant on the story.
«I like the way you keep your eyes forward and your voice turned off,» she says to a student with a green bow in her hair who has been ignoring a whispered conversation behind her.
The assisting teacher can also have brief «whisper conversations» with the students to support their thinking and promote participation.
Whispered conversations and sideways glances add to the suspense, keeping readers riveted from the start.
Stainless steel wire, magnet wire, magnet, abaca paper, amplifier, audio player, wood Sounds of: breathing, a whispered conversation, a timpani drum, rustling paper, a child's laugh, a storm, thunder
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