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Example sentences for "triphthong"

Lexicographically close words:
trip; tripartite; tripartition; tripe; tripes; triplane; triplanes; triple; tripled; triples
  1. The triphthong is properly a union of letters, not sounds.

  2. A Triphthong is the union of three vowels in one syllable; as, eau in beau, iew in view.

  3. But a triphthong is the union of three vowels in one syllable.

  4. A triphthong consists of three vowels forming one syllable; as, eau in beauty.

  5. The triphthong iou is sometimes pronounced distinctly in two syllables; as in bilious, various, abstemious.

  6. Or: "A triphthong is the meeting of three vowels in one syllable.

  7. Eye is an improper triphthong which also forms a word, and is pronounced like open i, or the pronoun I.

  8. Ewe is a triphthong having the sound of yu, and forming a word.

  9. A triphthong is a union of three vowels uttered in like manner: as, uoy in buoy.

  10. A triphthong consists of three vowels put together in one syllable; as, eau in beauty.

  11. But the Triphthong is the union of three Vowels, pronounced as one.

  12. A triphthong is the union of three vowels pronounced in like manner; as, eau in beau, iew in view.


    13. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "triphthong" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    articulation; aspiration; assimilation; check; clover; consonant; diphthong; explosive; glide; glottal; guttural; labial; lateral; leash; liquid; modification; mute; nasal; palatal; peak; pharyngeal; phone; shamrock; sonant; sonority; stop; surd; syllable; ternary; trefoil; triad; triangle; trident; trilogy; trio; triplet; triptych; trivet; troika; vocable; voice; vowel