His source has been a few desperate whispers during the past fifteen minutes.

"I need to go home," I said, finally finding my voice, though it was no more than a desperate whisper.

The words finally wavered out; a whisper, desperate, driven by ultimate need.

This time Liza called her brother's name in a strained, desperate whisper.

In a desperate whisper, as though Jemmy could hear her from kilometers away.

"Go or stay," she said in a desperate whisper.

"That was only one man," Gwen said in a desperate whisper.

Harlan said in a desperate whisper, "Will you pass, please?

His name left her lips on a desperate whisper, "Servaes."

She emerged from the gloom like a lost child, her voice a thin, desperate whisper.