Green is a monosyllable which, in English, means a mixture of blue and yellow. From LearnThat.org.
The monosyllable is short, sounds well, and is understood by all denominations of Christians. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Minnesota and Tales of the Frontier] Reference
The short and dreadful monosyllable which is familiar to us in the pages of the. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Affinities of History — Complete] Reference
Imagine my joy when I got back the monosyllable, meaning all that lot. From Wordnik.com. [The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes] Reference
The monosyllable was the Prince's. From Wordnik.com. [The Prince of India — Volume 01] Reference
She started at the fierceness of that monosyllable. From Wordnik.com. [The Genius] Reference
The monosyllable fell slowly but quite convincingly. From Wordnik.com. [The Moon out of Reach] Reference
With difficulty her lips framed the monosyllable "Yes.". From Wordnik.com. [The Moon out of Reach] Reference
It is a cruel -- an unmistakable insulting monosyllable. From Wordnik.com. [April's Lady A Novel] Reference
The monosyllable, as she uttered it, was big with meaning. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
The monosyllable was noncommittal, but Derian grew defensive. From Wordnik.com. [Through Wolfs Eyes] Reference
From that halting monosyllable Joe judged that something was amiss. From Wordnik.com. [Then I'll Come Back to You] Reference
It is Mr. Wedron, of the New York Bar, who utters this monosyllable. From Wordnik.com. [The Diamond Coterie] Reference
Yrtok, a dark, lean-faced girl, led the way with a quiet monosyllable. From Wordnik.com. [The Talkative Tree] Reference
Murmuring some chill, indistinct monosyllable, Elsie glanced dumbly at. From Wordnik.com. [Elsie Marley, Honey] Reference
This was a humour touching him too closely; he replied in a monosyllable. From Wordnik.com. [Doom Castle] Reference
The tiny monosyllable seemed to echo and reecho through the high-ceiled room. From Wordnik.com. [Little Lost Sister] Reference
I read the character of my comrades every morning in each fellow's monosyllable. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 45, July, 1861] Reference
"Yes," said the doctor again: and this monosyllable meant even more than the other. From Wordnik.com. [Hetty's Strange History] Reference
As this monosyllable fell from his lips, Marguerite's motion placed her beyond hearing. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 39, January, 1861] Reference
He was at least interested enough to admit an interrogative note into the monosyllable. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower And The Crisis]
But this time not even the desolate monosyllable rewards the keenness of his examination. From Wordnik.com. [April's Lady A Novel] Reference
Then he offered a short, interrogative, authoritative bark, a mere monosyllable of inquiry. From Wordnik.com. [Schwartz: A History From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray] Reference
Hornblower could only wait; he could think of nothing to say in reply to that monosyllable. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower And The Hotspur]
Just the one brief monosyllable in response, uttered with a slightly questioning inflection. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
It was not the answer for which she had hoped and her eyes dropped at the curt monosyllable. From Wordnik.com. [The Shadow of the East] Reference
A long drawn monosyllable borne by the wind, and Hornblower's straining senses picked it up. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower And The Hotspur]
A soft, gurgling monosyllable, difficult of classification but easy to interpret, escaped him. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908.] Reference
Yet sometimes I wonder if that convenient monosyllable in deed and truth covers the whole case. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 5, April, 1896] Reference
The Moor sat with folded arms: occasionally he raised one hand to emphasize a quiet monosyllable. From Wordnik.com. [In the Tail of the Peacock] Reference
It was a quiet, formal meal, disturbed now and then by a curt monosyllable from one or the other of us. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctor's Daughter] Reference
'No,' was the reply; and that brief monosyllable of two letters, sealed the doom of Dionysus Wheezlecroft. From Wordnik.com. [City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston] Reference
The monosyllable sounded ungracious but Rosemary, looking at Alec, saw that he did not mean to be discourteous. From Wordnik.com. [Rainbow Hill] Reference
And in this way she came down to one hundred ducats, receiving always the same melancholy monosyllable in reply. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
The greeting, abrupt in type, is anything else on the lips of a woman who has studied the possibilities of that monosyllable. From Wordnik.com. [Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale] Reference
If she said nothing to Leeds, neither would she address the man on her other side, only giving such monosyllable answers as were necessary. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905] Reference
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