syllable

Example Sentences

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

From Science Daily • Jan. 23, 2026

“We aren’t going down a failed path,” Landry said, wagging his finger with each syllable.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

One more syllable than schadenfreude but still one fewer than endzeitgemütlichkeit—and mostly pronounceable to English speakers like myself.

From Slate • Feb. 25, 2025

In “Clarence,” when John the Baptist utters a prayer, Samuel has a flute ghosting every syllable.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2024

Clyde drew out each syllable like molasses dripping off a spoon.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman