Example sentences for: onomatopoeic

How can you use “onomatopoeic” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Grockle turned out to be onomatopoeic, being all the little dragon ever said.

  • Admittedly, lowing is also onomatopoeic.

  • Highlighting is a natural and favored component, as in the fondness for abbreviations, acronyms, capital letters, telescoping, emoticons, interjections, and other striking visual devices, not to mention their frequently slangy ( plunk I just put you in my killfile) or vulgar ( RTFM Read the fucking manual) content, as well as onomatopoeic renditions ( bang common spoken name for !).

  • A rarer bird, but also with an obviously onomatopoeic name, is the hoopoe .

  • True, pigeons coo , but the bird derives its name from the onomatopoeic base pip - that imitates the chirp of a young bird (and that also gave English pipe ).


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