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  • I know there are whisper's that she's being chased to portray the lead in August: Osage County and that's certainly an interesting step in the right direction or so I've heard about the show itself, but I don't understand why someone such as Fonda isn't out there trying to find some great movie roles.

    Archive 2009-03-01 Glenn Dunks 2009

  • He whisper's "Aliens?" to himself and then goes back to sleep.

    Spielberg Has “Cracked the Story” of Indiana Jones 5 | /Film 2009

  • When Carrie pulled down from a whisper's distance of Frank's ear, resting her tightly hooked lips shut, she cast a glance across Billy's now almost happy-go-lucky wide eyes, and so Billy began to notice her.

    Grant Whitney Harvey: Moonshadows: Part 3 2009

  • Like a whisper's breath, like you brought me here, and we're what's left.

    blu94anjel Diary Entry blu94anjel 2008

  • No money, no influence, new nobility … 'You might have a chance,' I heard myself concede, simply because I lacked the courage to point out to him that his odds of success were less than a whisper's chance against storm winds.

    Shaman's Crossing Hobb, Robin 2005

  • Before I could reply he was out of a whisper's range-he was moving as quietly as he knew how, with frequent pauses.

    The Quiet American Greene, Graham, 1904-1991 1955

  • But hood and veil conceal'd her form -- yet, hark! in whisper's tone

    The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 574, November 3, 1832 Title Various

  • For so dreadful is a king, and this King more than others; and so terrible his wrath and desire of worship -- and this King's more than others -- that if ye speak above a whisper's sound, if ye act other than as a babe before its preceptor's rod, you are cast out utterly and undone.

    Privy Seal His Last Venture Ford Madox Ford 1906

  • "His whisper's a sight more than another fellow's shout."

    The Man in the Twilight Ridgwell Cullum 1905

  • "It's na _said oot_ -- but a kind of whisper's been gaeing around."

    Foes Mary Johnston 1903

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