diacritic

Example Sentences

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First, there is that silent "h" — but it ends flatly, without the diacritic that would make it rise, as if it were a question.

From Salon • Nov. 14, 2021

We make use of lots of different types of punctuation, casing, font styles, and diacritic marks.

From Slate • Sep. 30, 2016

The broad lower end of the symbol is rather an accidental pit in the stone than an attempt at a diacritic mark—the word is regei, in all probability the early dative form of rex, "king."

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various

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From Indian Linguistic Families Of America, North Of Mexico Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 1-142 by Powell, John Wesley

Students should observe especially the curious diacritic point by which he designates the Nom. pendens.

From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose