sound out
Example Sentences
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His music is a highly accessible blend of pop, R&B and classic soul that never sounds particularly in style but never sounds out of style, either.
"I can't read fast enough because I have to sound out all the words."
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I’d have done anything to get that sound out of my ears.
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We’re taught how to teach the students to write both print and cursive letters, how to sound out words from syllables, and how to create sentences by joining together verbs and nouns.
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Coal disagreed, but he still couldn’t get any sounds out of his mouth.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.