vowel

Example Sentences

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But Team Italy didn’t want to add players, forward Nick Saracino said, “just because you have a vowel in your name.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

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

Check the following rule: If there is a vowel on one side of the card, there is an even number on the other side.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2024

In the Gluck rehearsal, Palumbo cautioned the group not to sit on one word’s final vowel, so that the next consonant could be more explosive.

From New York Times • May 21, 2024

Note—ex- is used before a root beginning with a vowel.

From New Word-Analysis by William Swinton