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  • noun Plural form of consonant.

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Examples

  • Though I'd still argue that three consonants is not a name, my opinion of McG as a filmmaker is steadily rising.

    Will Smith To Go ‘20,000 Leagues Under The Sea’ With McG? » MTV Movies Blog 2009

  • There is the requirement that the line should be a pleasant variation from its predecessor; that the syntax should fit naturally into the space to be filled; that the stresses of the line should support the meaning; and when all these requirements are fulfilled it would be worth considering whether certain consonants or clusters of sounds which are thought cacophonous may be rearranged ...

    Vowel Your Lines « Unknowing 2010

  • Take out all the consonants from the word 'Yahweh'.

    Archive 2006-04-01 Jerine 2006

  • Take out all the consonants from the word 'Yahweh'.

    Jehovah Jerine 2006

  • This petition requests the removal of this foul assemblage of vowels and consonants from the English language.

    Archive 2003-07-01 2003

  • This petition requests the removal of this foul assemblage of vowels and consonants from the English language.

    Exultate Justi 2003

  • The tongue is so serviceable a member (taking all sorts of shapes, just as is wanted), ” the teeth, the lips, the roof of the mouth, all ready to help, and so heap up the sound of the voice into the solid bits which we call consonants, and make room for the curiously shaped breathings which we call vowels!

    The Story of My Life Keller, Helen, 1880-1968 1903

  • If your face is half dissolved away like Two Face, you aren’t going to pronounce certain consonants well.

    What did you think? Talk back about Instant On-Camera Review of “The Dark Knight” » Scene-Stealers 2008

  • For example, paying attention to quantity distinctions in Italian consonants.

    Olivia O’Leary | Linguism | Language Blog 2010

  • The Hornets brought the biggest name of the tournament - by vowels and consonants, that is - and hoped to set the tone defensively behind shot blocker Grlenntys Chief Kickingstallionsims Jr., a 7-foot-1 center whose reach is as long as his name.

    USATODAY.com 2008

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