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Example sentences for "unaccented syllable"

  • He says, "It is an infallible rule in our tongue that no vowel ever has a long sound in an unaccented syllable.

  • The--signifies the long or accented syllable, and the breve indicates a short or unaccented syllable.

  • A constituting or ending an unaccented syllable is short Italian a.

  • In an unaccented syllable, the vowel sound is sometimes doubtful; in most instances, however, it is not.

  • A combination of consonants, giving an almost imperceptible weight to the vowel preceding them, goes far to disqualify it for a place as an unaccented syllable.

  • This consists of ten syllables with an accented following an unaccented syllable.

  • They are formed by adding a short or unaccented syllable to the measure of ordinary verses of any kind, and composing the rhyme out of it and the preceding syllable, now the penultimate one.

  • In all other cases i, ending an unaccented syllable, is short.

  • Any vowel at the end of an accented syllable, and e, o, and u, at the end of an unaccented syllable, have the long English sound.

  • A, ending an unaccented syllable, has the sound of a in father, or in last.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "unaccented syllable" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    always will; anything else; buttered pudding; certain school; chop them; concurrent resolution; descending order; each revolution; gainful occupations; good port; great singer; green water; later stage; other circumstances; outward circumstances; proclaimed king; seen enough; set off; should leave; spiritual activity; unaccented syllable; will burn