Breathed (Adjective)
Meaning
Uttered without voice; "could hardly hear her breathed plea, `Help me'"; "voiceless whispers".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- Her breathed words of apology went unheard by the furious crowd.
- The breathed prayer of the dying woman was almost inaudible.
- The voiceless, breathed utterances of the mystic were lost on the skeptics.
- In the darkness, his breathed expletive was barely perceptible.
- Her breathed confession was misunderstood by the deaf listener.