How To Use monosyllable In A Sentence
- It didn't help that Jeff was so preoccupied that he answered in monosyllables, but Denise didn't think of that.
- Most sleepwalkers respond to verbal stimuli with only grunts or monosyllables, or make no response at all.
- In general, the contrast of monosyllables and polysyllables (suspended in the five-word line eight) creates a strong balance.
- It has one stress, which falls on the only syllable, if there is only one, if there are more, then scanning as above, on the first, and so gives rise to four sorts of feet, a monosyllable and the so-called accentual Trochee, Dactyl, and the First Paeon. Authors Preface
- The underdog defends valiantly with monosyllables.
- He answered all her attempts at conversation with monosyllables.
- As the others have their scenes read out I find myself crossing out whole chunks of dialogue from mine, reducing speeches to monosyllables and nods.
- Sadly, he shook his head and replied in a monosyllable: ‘No’.
- The son sells watches on the street for a living, speaking only in monosyllables to his customers.
- His son recalls, ‘Dad originally thought that his interviews with Mother Teresa had flopped because she only answered in monosyllables.’