syllable
/ˈsɪl.ə.bəl/ verb C2- To utter in syllables.
He/she/it syllables · Past syllabled · Past participle syllabled · -ing form syllabling
Verb forms
- Base form
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- He/she/it
- syllables
- Past
- syllabled
- Past participle
- syllabled
- -ing form
- syllabling
From the library
Bennet sat quite still, and unable to utter a syllable.
Scarcely a syllable was uttered that did not relate to the game, except when Mrs.
Not a syllable had ever reached her of Miss Darcy’s meditated elopement.
It was only said, ‘Lately, George Wickham, Esq., to Miss Lydia Bennet,’ without there being a syllable said of her father, or the place where she lived, or anything.
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