vowel

Example Sentences

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Its opening poem, “Digging,” feels earthbound with its low-pitched vowels: “Between my finger and my thumb / The squat pen rests; snug as a gun.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Penelope tried to write Hereditary??? on her paper, but quickly lost patience with sorting out which vowels went where.

From Literature

“The way he finishes notes, the way he slurs into notes, the way vowels sound, the choices of sounds he uses in the lyrics he writes—it’s just clever,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Her delivery tends toward the soft and musical, and that she is wearing her own accent, which, to a Californian’s ear, plays charming variations on vowels, is all to the good.

From Los Angeles Times

But the kids, with the exception of some open vowels here and there, sounded like pretty generic young Americans.

From Los Angeles Times