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
“Soreness, swelling is down. It’s just a matter of extension, inflexion and if the pain is gone basically with the bone bruise. Nothing structural. It’s legitimately day to day.”
From Seattle Times ● May 14, 2022
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
"At the moment, nobody feels the need to buy and the price is lower every day. We are still waiting for the inflexion point," Molyneux said.
From Reuters ● Oct. 3, 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
