"Durnik," she said in an almost reverent whisper, "could you have made it out of gold?"

The throng was charmed and amazed, and it kept saying so, sometimes in reverent whispers, and sometimes with a joyful shout.

"Don Orlando de Corazon," Maggie repeated his name in a reverent whisper.

"This is prettier than any tree we ever had," he said, his whisper hushed and reverent.

Close by, between the two perimeters of tape, detectives and cops huddled together in separate clusters, their voices hushed to reverent whispers.

The reverent whisper sounded unnaturally clear in a fleeting lull in the storm, and Bahzell turned to look at Brandark.

The sound of people's footsteps echoed through the halls like reverent whispers.

Most conversations are carried on in reverent whispers.

"Le Corbeau," a reporter beside him said in a reverent whisper before bringing his camera up and focusing.

"Inside the rocks," Joanna said, her voice a reverent whisper.