Sentence examples for consonant sounds from inspiring English sources

There are 21 consonant sounds and 9 distinguishable vowel qualities.

Alliteration, in prosody, the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words or stressed syllables.

An inability to hear these consonant sounds can cause considerable confusion when listening to speech.

Lattimore is alert to Homer's effects, particularly his play with consonant sounds.

She finds they prefer consonant sounds, like perfect fifths or perfect fourths, over dissonant ones.

"Seventy percent of the English language is consonants and consonant sounds," he said.

Half rhyme, also called near rhyme, slant rhyme, or oblique rhyme, in prosody, two words that have only their final consonant sounds and no preceding vowel or consonant sounds in common (such as stopped and wept, or parable and shell).

Your inability to hear these high-frequency consonant sounds can certainly send your brain an inaccurate message.

The only consonant sounds normally allowed at the end of the word are s, n, and r.

A language that has 30 consonant sounds and five vowels, for example, needs at most only 35 separate letters.

"You sort of just squeeze those together and make some sort of word that has those consonant sounds.