The whisper died, as though the Shadow had paused to watch the effect of this announcement.

The whispers died away, to be replaced with music.

Nothing else, except the whisper dying round the glittering walls.

He paused, and the last whispers of conversation died away.

The people were very sober, and even the whispers had died.

But the whisper died in the silence and the deepening darkness.

Now that he was here, the whisper of the leaves had died down to a gentle rustle in the night.

The whisper died wholly out, now, for the three men had reached the grave and stood within a few feet of the boys' hiding-place.

But after a while, the whispers died away.

Contrived or not, it fulfilled its purpose, as the whispers died away and the participants sat up, waiting for the business at hand.