Words similar to syllables

Example sentences for: syllables

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

, etc.) and the law of open syllables that causes the first of two consonants that come together in a Spanish word to be dropped, most commonly in the case of ll, which prescriptively should be pronounced as ly but is much more often pronounced as y alone.
Following the directive of William Strunk's immortal “Omit needless words,” one may tape above one's word processor, “Slash excess syllables.”
Before I go back to bed and try to shake this damn flu, one more thing: the lovely piece in today's New York Times advertising column about the "Cash" machine, which digitally compresses the pauses and long syllables out of talk shows so that local stations can sell more commercial time.
The same, however, cannot be said either of the recent and increasingly common af flu ence, barely, if at all, distinguishable from the similarly mis-stressed ef flu ents, or of defuse , when a failure to place nearly equal emphasis on both syllables leads to the word's being mistaken for the verb diffuse .
It keeps the initial capital A and the first two syllables of "A&A" (pronounced "A 'n' A"); it puns on "eon," which implies longevity and stability--a desirable connotation for an insurance-services company, especially one that has just undergone a major and disruptive change; it has a remote but perceptible similarity in sound to "Bain"; and it gives the company a unique, legally protectable, and memorable name, unlike the generic "Combined Insurance" moniker.