Sample Sentences forassonance (auto-selected)
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The assonance caught Ghosh's ear.† (source)
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For instance, The beer is never clear near here, dear,' is unfortunate, even as an assonance.† (source)
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The ambiguous phrase by means of which Montparnasse had warned Gavroche of the presence of the policeman, contained no other talisman than the assonance dig repeated five or six times in different forms.† (source)
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"You should try to speak without assonances," said the wizard.† (source)
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One of these errors, chiefly prevalent in New England, is that the so-called Boston pronunciation, with its broad /a/'s (making /last/, /path/ and /aunt/ almost assonant with /bar/) comes down unbrokenly from the day of the first settlements, and that it is in consequence superior in authority to the pronunciation of the [Pg059] rest of the country, with its flat /a/'s (making the same words assonant with /ban/).† (source)
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One of these errors, chiefly prevalent in New England, is that the so-called Boston pronunciation, with its broad /a/'s (making /last/, /path/ and /aunt/ almost assonant with /bar/) comes down unbrokenly from the day of the first settlements, and that it is in consequence superior in authority to the pronunciation of the [Pg059] rest of the country, with its flat /a/'s (making the same words assonant with /ban/).† (source)
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It's an assonance," said Eustace.† (source)
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I enjoy alliteration and assonance.†
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