Example sentences for: onomatopoeic

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

  • Any more pedantic suggestion being absent, I take the bit between the teeth to suggest that the above word, characterized by the OED as an “onomatopoeic representation of unmeaning chatter,” may well be a jocular rendering of Latin Flebiliter gemens , itself an almost facetious lament meaning something like `Woe is me!

  • Terms which border on the vulgar tend to be onomatopoeic: examples include chuggie, duffs, dubs, biffy, honk , and thunderbox .

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

  • 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 !).

  • Admittedly, lowing is also onomatopoeic.


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