I expected to hear back from them but I never heard a 'whisper'. [=I never heard from them again]
“I've had more than I can stand,” she complained in a 'stage whisper'.
I couldn't hear what they were saying because they were 'whispering'.
(..) and I will suck it out. Now, I will not cast this ghost out with a fever for the new spirit inside me has shown me I have a new way to communicate. It is a gentle whisper. Get out of here, ghost. Get out of here, ghost. Get out. Get out of here, ghost. Get out of here, ghost. (..)2007 There Will Be Blood
(..) Yes, last night, I had a vision and I felt God's breath move through me. And it rolled down into my stomach. It sloshed around. And my stomach spoke in a whisper, not a shout, "Touch this woman with your hands and caress her." Yes. My dear Mrs. Hunter, you have arthritis, don't you? (..)2007 There Will Be Blood