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

Even the word, beginning and ending with similar vowel qualities, evinces monotony.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2024

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

"Blackburn still retains many other vowel features that make it unique, and changes like this often pave the way for further linguistic evolution in the future," she said.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2023

Exception 1.—When the final e is preceded by a vowel, it is sometimes omitted; as, due + ly = duly; true + ly = truly; whole + ly = wholly.

From New Word-Analysis by William Swinton