“By diligently practicing phonics, the children gained a comprehensive understanding of the study of sound, including its production, transmission, and effects.”
“Thus we are trying to get him to sound out refrigerator letters, the same way one would train children on phonics.”
“Students were taught through a series of decodable text with emphasis on phonics skills and grammar skills practice.”
“I chat to one guy on the phone whose voice is so husky and his chest sounds wheezy if he talks for long.”
“Jake lifted the phone to his ear, smiled, and spoke timidly.”
“Paula had wisely conceded that she would be in no fit state to meet me that night, but had promised she would give me a phone when she could.”
phone
(phonetics) A speech segment that possesses distinct physical or perceptual properties, considered as a physical event without regard to its place in the phonology of a language.
“I have recently hired a new phoner for our customer service department, who will be responsible for answering phone calls and assisting our clients.”
“There's also an eHarmony technician played by Patton Oswalt, whose relationship with him is another long-distance phoner.”
“Then the phone bill arrived and we all saw the chatline number itemised, and we all rounded on Joe and, jokingly, accused him of being the phoner, and therefore a transsexual.”
