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

His usually calm voice was rising with each syllable.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2025

His lips were slow motion on each syllable.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez