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short-spoken

[shawrt-spoh-kuhn] / ˈʃɔrtˈspoʊ kən /


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They listened to short spoken sentences through headphones while the level of background noise changed.

From Science Daily • Dec. 23, 2025

And, it is perhaps most evident on Listen to the Hummingbird, the short, spoken word piece that ends the album.

From The Guardian • Nov. 24, 2019

The songs will be presented in roughly chronological order with short spoken segments to provide biographical context.

From Washington Post • Jun. 20, 2018

Olive listened in some amaze to such a lengthy speech from the usually short spoken gentleman; and though she felt no less certain of lifelong satisfaction with her art, she asked meekly.

From Six Girls A Home Story by Merrill, Frank T. (Frank Thayer)




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