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Example sentences for "vowel sound"

  • As the syllables are not accented the vowel sound is slightly obscured.

  • Any vowel may form a syllable by itself, but as we have seen that a consonant must be united with a vowel for its perfect utterance, it follows that every syllable must contain a vowel sound, even if it also contains consonant sounds.

  • When a vowel sound is whispered the glottis is open (vide fig.

  • When this is done, and a vowel sound whispered, a distinctly resonant note can be heard.

  • If their experiments show nothing else, they certainly indicate that there are no universally fixed resonances for any particular vowel sound.

  • Simple vowel sounds are short, abrupt, the same as consonant sounds when produced all by themselves and without the aid of a vowel sound uttered in conjunction with them.

  • It is constantly changing its position, however, and for every vowel sound, or shade of a vowel sound, points in the direction of or approaches the spot whence a sound comes, or should come.

  • When they appear singly we add a vowel sound to them.

  • None was anciently used for no before all words beginning with a vowel sound; as, "They are sottish children; and they have none understanding.

  • They apply to no syllable that ends with a vowel sound.

  • In heir the h is silent, and we say an because the word begins with a vowel sound.

  • If it is a vowel sound use an, if a consonant sound, use a.

  • Illustration] is placed above the letter, and is used to supply the place of the letter r when not followed by a vowel sound.

  • Illustration] is placed after the letter, and is wignian } used to supply the place of the letter h, when not followed by a vowel sound.

  • Illustration] is placed above the letter, and is used to supply the place of the letter ng', when not followed by a vowel sound.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "vowel sound" 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:
    acid reaction; closely bound; coal dust; domestic science; get out; great damage; human thought; know none; little after; main force; many libraries; never want; not that; polished stone; quite aware; said slowly; thou hast; unto salvation; vowel sound; well disposed; white arsenic; women and