Sentence examples for the last syllable from inspiring English sources

("Accent on the last syllable, says Edmund Wilson").

In modern forms of Armenian the stress falls on the last syllable of a word.

He, without turning around, said, "To the last syllable of recorded time".

One variety was zinfandel, which my father still pronounces in the Italian style, the accent on the last syllable.

Word stress, mostly consisting of high pitch, tends to fall on the last syllable in modern Turkic languages.

Just allow the last syllable to linger and picture the sizzling surf crashing up their Atlantic coast.

On the word "poison" he threw back his leonine head and gave the last syllable a sort of wolf-howl.

All the world's heartbeats stretching out until the last syllable of recorded time: that should stand against oblivion.

My kids love him because he has got the street lingo sorted right down to the last syllable.

(original version) It is amazing the difference the loss of the last syllable makes to the possibilities of the line.

We mention this not to quibble but, rather, to forestall protest letters from people who can quote Shakespeare down to the last syllable.