Examples of 'last syllable' in a sentence

Meaning of "last syllable"

Last syllable: In linguistics, the final unit of speech sound in a word, often carrying primary stress or contributing to the word's pronunciation. Understanding the last syllable is essential in word pronunciation, rhythm, and syllable structure. ~

How to use "last syllable" in a sentence

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last syllable
The last syllable of a word was never stressed.
Rhetorical stress comes on the last syllable.
He drew his last syllable out to a sigh.
Stress is regular and at the last syllable.
To the last syllable of recorded time.
You must stress the last syllable.
The last syllable is never accented.
Her voice broke on the last syllable.
The last syllable of a verse is indifferently long or short.
Her voice cracked on the last syllable.
My first is the last syllable of this instrument in the singular.
She draws out the last syllable.
The last syllable of a line may not include a long vowel.
His voice breaks on the last syllable.
The third to last syllable can also be accentuated in the case of proparoxytones.

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They are frequently worried at the last syllable.
Stress falls on the last syllable of a word or syntagma.
My mother did not finish the last syllable.
The last syllable is the deep silence of the Infinite.
Usually the first or the last syllable.
The last syllable would drop away under the influence of the plantation Creole.
Put the accent on the last syllable.
Thus, it is on the last syllable of a word analyzed in isolation.
Stress falls on the last syllable.
If the last syllable is stressed, a closed long e or o becomes open.
Stress is placed on the last syllable in each word.
Word stress occurs either on the last or second to last syllable.
Stress is on the last syllable of a word.
Word stress is usually found on the last syllable.
The stress is always on the last syllable before the dropped ending.
The stress is fixed mainly on the last syllable.
Hold onto it ‘ til the last syllable of recorded time.
Accents must be put on the second last syllable.
The last syllable is pronounced, depending on the region where the speaker is from.
She stretched out the last syllable in a moan.
Words ending in a consonant have a stress accent on the last syllable.
Accent can never occur on the last syllable of polysyllabic words.
The emphasis in words always falls on the last syllable.
Cubans tend to swallow the last syllable in a word and generally swallow the 's ' sound.
Accent is primarily on the last syllable.
The difference made by the last syllable of the word ' polaris ' aurally is therefore irrelevant.
My voice cracked on the last syllable.
The last syllable of a word is never stressed, unless the word has only one syllable.
Stress always falls on the last syllable of a word.
Discrepancies are especially pervasive in words that contain i or u in their last syllable.
He accented the last syllable.
The last syllable must be stressed in the Korean word for " private law.
At least for the last syllable.
To the last syllable of recorded time . And all our yesterdays have lighted fools.
He gulped back the last syllable.

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