Example sentences for: tch

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

  • Yet macho is uttered with a - tch -, possibly to distinguish it from one of the pronunciations of the word for a variety of shark.

  • The OED2e is not tuned in to this pronunciation of machismo , showing only the - tch - pronunciation; the Longman and the newer Oxford Concise show both, but with - tch - first; only the Collins , of those British dictionaries I checked, shows the - k - pronunciation as prevalent.

  • Two proteins induced by touch, rain, wind, wounding, and darkness, TCH2 and TCH3, are also in group IV and are related to the CAMs.

  • One professional British lexicographer told me, categorically, that no one uses the - tch - pronunciation in Britain, where it would be regarded as wrong or pedantic.

  • For instance, the British use the word machismo (but pronounce it, almost invariably, as if it were a loanword from Italian, with a - k -where the Spanish has a - tch -).


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