syllable
noun
an uninterrupted segment of speech consisting of a vowel sound, a diphthong, or a syllabic consonant, with or without preceding or following consonant sounds.
syllabled
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past participleof syllable.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof syllable.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
syllablenounan uninterrupted segment of speech consisting of a vowel sound, a diphthong, or a syllabic consonant, with or without preceding or following consonant sounds.
Example Sentences
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“Poetry’s trash, mere clouds of words, comfort to the hopeless. But this is no cloud, no syllabled phantom that stands here shaking its sword at you.”
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
I found that the two notes which syllabled themselves to my ear as "see-e he-e-re!" were prefaced by a low, staccato utterance like "quick!" and all were on the same note of the musical scale.
From Upon The Tree-Tops by Olive Thorne Miller
This, however, mamma will not hear of; and, indeed, the word Ireland is now as much under ban amongst us as that name that is never "syllabled to ears polite."
From The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I by Charles James Lever
Truth, in whatever tongue it be syllabled, does not die.
From Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience by Charles James Lever
Miss Chancellor syllabled her address, and Mrs. Tarrant came forward, smiling.
From The Bostonians, Vol. I (of II) by Henry James
