(1) As they continue to develop, children learn to segment polysyllabic words into syllables as they approach kindergarten age and monosyllabic words into phonemes around first grade.(2) By contrast, this character is a Latino version of Hawk, the darkly menacing, monosyllabic backup man he created for his Spenser detective series.(3) A movie theatre concession girl, Debbie, meets the store clerk at a laundromat and tries to make awkward, one-sided, monosyllabic conversation.(4) Georges' wife, who works for a successful editor, is concerned: not least for their monosyllabic son, Pierrot, a young swimming champ.(5) He answered her questions with monosyllabic responses.(6) Surly, monosyllabic drivers aside, it's a minor miracle if the bus actually rolls up at all!(7) In Mexico City, where kidnapping occurs more frequently than in Iraq, security for the rich is essential and so the monosyllabic Creasy is hired as a bodyguard for eight-year-old Pita (Fanning).(8) He's very monosyllabic , and could put to sleep an over stimulated mule.(9) Sanskrit is built in such a way that virtually every word in the language can be derived from a root, a monosyllabic sound unit having a general significance in the sphere of action.(10) Our monosyllabic waiter briefly sprung into life when it came to choosing from the wine list.(11) This involves the names of social groups that are derived from monosyllabic adjectives, like black and gay.(12) The opening couplet divides ten monosyllabic words evenly between two lines.(13) This is a book of footballers when they were stars and not the monosyllabic , monotone ÔÇÿcelebritiesÔÇÖ that exist today(14) He tried multiple times to draw me into a conversation but I only responded with monosyllabic answers.(15) Well, that's great, I told myself, I managed to squeeze about seven monosyllabic words into that lovely conversation.(16) Jo answered, spitting out each monosyllabic word.
