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Recent Examples of monosyllabic Furthermore, the crushes in my life were street-smart, grittier boys who probably never had a car, lived in a house, or had monosyllabic names. Elana Rabinowitz, Baltimore Sun, 1 July 2024 Russia’s greatest living composers had never met before, and conversation was monosyllabic. Norman Lebrecht, WSJ, 29 Dec. 2023 Year by year, their relationship grew worse, eventually deteriorating to the point that Eric would shut down at the first sign of conflict, muttering a few monosyllabic responses before escaping to the local tavern. Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 25 Oct. 2023 Consequently, one of the unwritten rules of the boxing gym — the kind of joint where floorboards come stained in sweat and where communication can be monosyllabic — is that everyone is welcome. Ben Wyatt, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2023 See All Example Sentences for monosyllabic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for monosyllabic
Adjective
  • This Side of the Island is a more concise and conceptual effort, compared to his last full-length, 2020’s The Loves of Your Life, which is a masterpiece of musical storytelling.
    Frank DiGiacomo, Billboard, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Keeping prices down Bartell, who is the president of Bartell Hotels and the chairman of the San Diego Tourism Marketing District, attributes the extended success of Humphreys to a concise plan.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • As a result, his answers are brief and not all that stimulating.
    Kevin Kurz, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025
  • The brief hearing, which focused on thorny jurisdictional issues, drew hundreds of demonstrators to the federal courthouse in lower Manhattan to denounce the Saturday arrest of Khalil, a permanent U.S. resident who is married to an American citizen.
    arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 13 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Organized labor wanted to institute procedural reforms to ensure that officers were given opportunities to correct bad behavior before being let go—no more summary firings.
    Marc J. Dunkelman, TIME, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Sure enough, the summary destruction of that lonely Russian tank became fodder for the Phoenix drone group’s social media team.
    David Axe, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025

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“Monosyllabic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monosyllabic. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.

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