syllable

Example Sentences

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And with that single syllable, I had cancer.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026

In healthy participants, brain activity dropped when the imagined syllable matched the sound played through the headphones.

From Science Daily • Jan. 23, 2026

It lasts just over two minutes, and not a single note or syllable is wasted.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025

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 • May 27, 2024

Now Westley knew that she meant to say “not a single syllable of it,” because a syllabub was something you ate, with cream and wine mixed in together to form the base.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman