Definition of Vowel

a speech sound (a, e, I, o, or u) you make with your mouth open and your tongue in the middle

Examples of Vowel in a sentence

‘E’ is the most frequently used vowel, being used to form words like ‘feel’ and ‘exercise.’  🔊

Sounding out each vowel, the speech therapist helped the little girl make the ‘a’ and ‘o’ sounds with her mouth.  🔊

Whether it be ‘a,’ ‘e,’ ‘I,’ ‘o,’ or ‘u,’ for a word to exist, at least one vowel must be included.  🔊

Because she couldn’t get her tongue into a middle position, the toddler had trouble making the vowel sound.  🔊

When combined with other speech sounds, the vowel ‘a’ can either have a long (ayy) or a short (ahh) sound.  🔊

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