vowels

Cultural  

1. Letters of the alphabet that generally stand for sounds made with an open or partially open mouth: A, E, I, O, U, and sometimes Y (as in style). (Compare consonants.)

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Example Sentences

To go American, Mielewska said it's all about getting the Rs and the vowels right.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

Its opening poem, “Digging,” feels earthbound with its low-pitched vowels: “Between my finger and my thumb / The squat pen rests; snug as a gun.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

But the kids, with the exception of some open vowels here and there, sounded like pretty generic young Americans.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2025

The event opened with boxing-style elongated vowels of Rickieeeeeeee Fowler and Shaaaaaaaaane Lowry as the six players were introduced.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2025

He barely had an accent: It only came through in the sharpness of his vowels and the lilt in his sentences, as if there was the shade of a question in everything he said.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram