low-breathed

Jim heard a low-breathed “doggone” and then she turned and saw him.

Tales of the Jazz Age 2003

And the low-breathed prayer when the sunset glow'd crimson in the West,

Lays from the West M. A. Nicholl

Then, before we quietly steal out again, listen to her low-breathed "_Acuerame_" (Already I feel better).

Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America G. Whitfield Ray

She saw a moving light at the mouth of the harbour, and from a low-breathed murmur that ran below the noisier speech of the crowd, she gathered that it was a boat's crew going out in the darkness, to scale the precipitous rock, and extinguish the light.

A Loose End and Other Stories S. Elizabeth Hall

For a moment he made no answer, and in the pulsing silence which followed her low-breathed question Nan was aware of a swiftly gathering fear.

The Moon out of Reach Margaret Pedler

Before the utter scorn and repugnance in the low-breathed words her defiance crumbled to pieces.

The Vision of Desire Margaret Pedler

Jim heard a low-breathed "doggone" and then she turned and saw him.

Tales of the Jazz Age 1918

But even he was hardly prepared for the answer, low-breathed and muttering like a roll of thunder: 'To all.'

A Book of Quaker Saints 1911

A curious, muffled, metallic thump, mingled with a quick, low-breathed, triumphant oath, came suddenly from the inner room -- and then Laroque's voice, eager, the words clipped off as though in feverish elation:

The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale 1909

It seemed to quiver, low-breathed, through the darkness -- his name.

The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale 1909