syllable
Example Sentences
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In healthy participants, brain activity dropped when the imagined syllable matched the sound played through the headphones.
From Science Daily • Jan. 23, 2026
If you normally answer questions with a single syllable, this gig isn’t for you.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025
One more syllable than schadenfreude but still one fewer than endzeitgemütlichkeit—and mostly pronounceable to English speakers like myself.
From Slate • Feb. 25, 2025
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
The extra syllable in orientate is ugly and unnecessary, though not a federal offense.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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Reading: Literature - Introductory
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