Here on many a night I have listened to the sibilant screech of the white owl and the brown owl's clear, long-drawn, quavering lamentation: "Good Ivy, what byrdys hast thou?"
"Afoot in England"
W.H. Hudson
The wind, caught in the gulch, rose and fell in unearthly, sibilant sounds.
"Brand Blotters"
William MacLeod Raine
He drew a quick, sibilant breath, and turned, planting his back against the door and clenching his fists.
"The Sins of Séverac Bablon"
Sax Rohmer