"If only we could do something," she said, barely above a whisper.

"Fight this," she said in a voice barely above a whisper.

'One more thing,' she said in a voice only a step above a whisper.

"Let's get it off," she said in a voice barely above a whisper.

"Mother," she said in a voice barely above a whisper, "we are going to need to go from this place."

No, she said in a voice barely above a whisper.

She said it just above a whisper, looking at him.

He said just above a whisper, though it was clear in the silence, "End of the line."

It left most fearful of saying anything at all above a whisper.

"It's been so long," she said of the 28-day trial, her voice just above a whisper.