syllable

Example Sentences

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To emphasize the pledge, she adds: “ ‘We will annihilate them,’ . . . hitting all four syllables,” before turning away.

From The Wall Street Journal

If you normally answer questions with a single syllable, this gig isn’t for you.

From The Wall Street Journal

It may be Luka Doncic’s team, but it’s still LeBron James’ world, and he’s going to control his narrative down to the last syllables of the last sentences of his final goodbye.

From Los Angeles Times

In media headlines and in every corner of the internet, the American-made film is now universally referred to as “Keh-deh-hun” — the first three syllables of the title when read aloud in Korean.

From Los Angeles Times

In Welsh a single f is pronounced as a v — it takes two fs to make the noise in “fight” — and the emphasis is always on the penultimate syllable.

From Salon