pronounce - use in sentences

Object

  • curse: In fact, it pronounces a curse over us: " CONDEMNED TO DIE " .
  • benediction: The service concluded with the hymn " The King of Love " and the Benediction pronounced by the Bishop.
  • decree: Once the court has pronounced the decree nisi, a formal court order is prepared.
  • judgment: Lindsay J pronounced judgment on these aspects on 7 November 2003.
  • sentence: Then, finally it pronounced a death sentence on John.

Preposition: on

  • matter: It is Babylonian as everyone competent to pronounce on the matter knows.

Adjective complement

  • dead: The man, who has not been named, was pronounced dead on arrival at the Balfour Hospital in Kirkwall.

Modifying Another Word

  • identically: This word is pronounced identically with the much less common word rite.
  • differently: Within one hundred years vowel were pronounced differently which caused different spelling for various words, which were not used in official documents.
  • correctly: Then I came to " enigma " which I pronounced correctly.
  • particularly: This trend is particularly pronounced in Prague, where only 13 small theaters remain, down from 57 in 1990.
  • especially: The risk was especially pronounced for younger coffee drinkers.
  • sufficiently: However, these associations are not sufficiently pronounced to warrant dose adjustment.

Used with why or when

  • when: In the Coxless class, the contrast between May standards and Michaelmas was highly pronounced when the Pembroke coxless four took to the water.

Infinitive complement

  • rhyme: One example is name, which in Chaucer's time was pronounced to rhyme with calm.

Preposition: in

  • favor: The editorial board too pronounced emphatically in favor of this.
  • region: The behavior is particularly pronounced in shallow regions, such as on the continental shelf in the Bay of Bengal.
  • way: The combination " ough " can be pronounced in nine different ways.

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