#syllable

As Chloe, I can honestly say I've never uttered a syllable of a curse word, not even behind closed doors. ↗

— Chloe Moretz

#chloe #closed #curse #doors #even

One needs but to say that, in the case of an unfamiliar sequence of syllables, only about seven can be grasped in one act, but that with frequent repetition and gradually increasing familiarity with the series this capacity of consciousness may be increased. ↗

— Hermann Ebbinghaus

#act #capacity #case #consciousness #familiarity

With network shows, writers can be so protective of every syllable. ↗

— Michael Shanks

#network #protective #shows #syllable #writers

To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#fire #learn #light #out #read

Series of syllables which have been learned by heart, forgotten, and learned anew must be similar as to their inner conditions at the times when they can be recited. ↗

— Hermann Ebbinghaus

#been #conditions #forgotten #heart #inner

It is important that the audience should understand every syllable of every word, for only then can they grasp the meaning of the song. ↗

— Kate Smith

#every #grasp #important #meaning #meaning of

She had a hit for every syllable: 'Don't. You. Ever. Talk. To. Me. Like. That. Ever. Again.' That was the last time I ever talked back to Mom. ↗

— Misty May-Treanor

#back #ever #every #had #hit

There is a certain age at which a child looks at you in all earnestness and delivers a long, pleased speech in all the true inflections of spoken English, but with not one recognizable syllable. ↗

— Annie Dillard

#certain #certain age #child #delivers #earnestness

Well we really meant you to visit Paris in May, but the rhythm required two syllables. ↗

— Vernon Duke

#meant #paris #really #required #rhythm

These syllables, about 2,300 in number, were mixed together and then drawn out by chance and used to construct series of different lengths, several of which each time formed the material for a test. ↗

— Hermann Ebbinghaus

#chance #construct #different #drawn #each