vowel

Example Sentences

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But Team Italy didn’t want to add players, forward Nick Saracino said, “just because you have a vowel in your name.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

I mean, this is us lining up sine waves, “Minority Report”-style, and seeing where a vowel or a syllable is sort of falling out of place and giving the actor’s accent away.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2025

While most humans would also fail to answer the Wason task correctly, it is unlikely that this would be because they didn't know what a vowel was.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2024

Abrdn appointed branding agency Wolff Olins to advise on the change but has been on the receiving end of jibes ever since, with some suggesting the company suffers from "irritable vowel syndrome".

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2024

An M followed by a vowel, then a consonant, then a vowel, then a consonant.

From "We Are Okay" by Nina LaCour