inflection
noun
modulation of the voice; change in pitch or tone of voice.
inflexion
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a variation of
inflection.
Example Sentences
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But after a decade of rapid growth, the success might be at an inflexion point.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2023
“The committee acknowledged that the COVID-19 pandemic may be approaching an inflexion point,” WHO said in a statement.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 30, 2023
There has not been, they say, a specific inflexion point at which it can be said that the euro zone has recovered and is off on a growth tear.
From Reuters ● Feb. 26, 2017
The dialect coach “worked very hard on my inflexion, but he worked just as hard with all the Brits. 1950s Royal Family English is very specific.”
From The Guardian ● Nov. 2, 2016
She looked at me, then she spoke rapidly to the little girl in Italian, with a rising inflexion, then a pause, interrogatory.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
