fricative

Example Sentences

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These included voiceless stops, such as “t” and “k,” and voiceless fricatives including “f,” “s” and “th.”

From New York Times

I begin by pronouncing words with vowels of the long and short variety, then diphthongs, before moving on to consonants, including plosives and fricatives.

From The Guardian

Dairy products and other soft foods, such as gruel, porridge, soup and stews, helped shape our faces, the researchers claim, and allowed us to form the sounds “f” and “v”, known as labiodental fricatives.

From The Guardian

The reMarkable screen isn’t made out of glass, but rather a more durable and fricative material that really does feel like writing on paper with a pen or pencil.

From The Verge

Stop consonants—which include “k” and “b”—seem heavier than fricatives, like “s” and “z.”

From The New Yorker