syllabification
Example Sentences
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What he said was unintelligible, but words were uttered; the syllabification was distinct.
From The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 by Poe, Edgar Allan
Madmen are of some nation, and their language, however incoherent in its words, has always the coherence of syllabification.
From The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 by Willis, Nathaniel Parker
This was uttered with such blinding rapidity of syllabification as to be a better test of teetotalism than the Scotch one of saying "Biblical criticism" six times.
From Alarms and Discursions by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
Therefore I must reject it as nonsense syllabification.
From Bad Medicine by Sheckley, Robert
His attention is called to syllabification as well as to diacritical marks.
From How to Teach Phonics by Williams, Lida M.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
