| In general, the contrast of monosyllables and polysyllables creates a strong balance. |
| Ella and Joe do not remark on this departure from his usual laconic monosyllables. |
| I don't remember saying a thing, only monosyllables, till Mrs. Lawrence gave me an air kiss and walked away. |
| The play has a distinctively harsh and gritty vocabulary and poetic tone throughout, thriving on rough monosyllables. |
| His younger cousin, who has come up with a fine little language of his own consisting entirely of monosyllables, showed the same tendency. |
| They are common in monosyllables and incorporate a glide before a vowel at a syllable boundary. |
