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Example Sentences
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Patrick’s breathing had become even more labored and Dr. Nadas said, “Welton, we go see the president” — his Hungarian accent turning the w’s into v’s.
From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2013
His th's slurred together, and his w’s started sounding like v’s.
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
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Bites her nails, cannot pronounce her h's, and misplaces her v's and w's.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 327, August 16, 1828 by Various
Then she broke into glib speech, and all her "w's" became "v's."
From The Debit Account by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]
My p's and b's would wobble and bend till they looked like f's and v's, if I tried to halve a letter I quartered it.
From Far Off Things by Machen, Arthur
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