Example sentences for: onomatopoetic

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

  • But, whatever its background, pidgin remains colorful and, often, onomatopoetic.

  • Gaak is often used for gagging, but gag itself was originally onomatopoetic, which raises the thorny issue of how much language was all imitative at one time.

  • Laughter itself has its own onomatopoetic codes.

  • Perhaps the logical endpoint of onomatopoetic spelling is eye-dialect, as in wimmin for women, gotcha for got you , and so on.


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