His voice dropped in volume with every word, until he was barely whispering.

Malone's mouth must have gone dry, for he could barely whisper the last word.

She could barely whisper the words, then jerked back as if he had slapped her.

David found that he could barely whisper in the heat.

The man sounded out of breath and was barely whispering into the phone.

Sara barely whispered the word as alarm rose in her.

Then she leaned close and barely whispered in his ear.

Did she really hear those barely whispered words, or only imagine them?

Sometimes they would barely whisper, the room almost dead quiet.

I barely whispered, "I'll get out," and started to stand up.