You barely sense the plosive, just the denouement. From Wordnik.com. [Disquiet » La Monte Young MP3] Reference
This plosive/liquid confusion isn't restricted to the likes of /ɮ/. From Wordnik.com. [A Pre-Greek name for Odysseus] Reference
The huddled men nod and rock, sending plosive noises from their moon jowls. From Wordnik.com. [Underworld] Reference
In normal speech, of course, the plosive tends to be unreleased or “unrelease”. From Wordnik.com. [Pity poor Belgium | Linguism | Language Blog] Reference
While she considered Spur's story she made a low, repetitive plosive sound: pa-pa-pa-ptt. From Wordnik.com. [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]
If this continues, my name will eventually be a simple voiced aspirated bilabial plosive "b". From Wordnik.com. [The Purple Pod Café.] Reference
The ejective arises in order to distinguish more clearly between the various plosive phonemes. From Wordnik.com. [Ejectives in English | Linguism] Reference
I found that I needed a “pop filter,” which cuts down on the plosive “p” sound and sibilance. From Wordnik.com. [Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Creating a podcast] Reference
Rather it's the "closedness" of the vowels that's provoked a fricative release of the original plosive. From Wordnik.com. [Concern trolls and the Etruscan bilabial 'f'] Reference
The breeze from the ex-plosive shells passed close enough to the quarry's skull to riffle his tangle of hair. From Wordnik.com. [The Chronicles of Riddick]
Perhaps the voiced bilabial plosive suggests the last and energetic verb (I know the withheld verbs create suspense). From Wordnik.com. [God’s Grandeur « Unknowing] Reference
On the Cosmos series he said the word "billion" with a pronounced, plosive "b" which many took to be a speech defect. From Wordnik.com. [10 Neat Facts About Carl Sagan » E-Mail] Reference
In my experience, beginners in Arabic almost universally assume it's a plosive, which holds up their progress for months. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: THE AMBIENCE OF WORDS.] Reference
Depending on the variety of Spanish, this can be a lateral, an approximant, a fricative or an affricate or even a plosive. From Wordnik.com. [Spanish spelling | Linguism] Reference
Protective wind screens can reduce the danger of damaging a vintage ribbon, and also reduce plosive artifacts in the recording. From Wordnik.com. [Wide Dynamic Range | Surveillance] Reference
In Arabic, there is no "p" sound (voiceless bilabial plosive), so it is often replaced with a "b" sound (voiced bilabial plosive). From Wordnik.com. [House Votes Overwhelmingly To Condemn MoveOn; Large Majority Of Dems Votes "Aye"] Reference
The more closed the vowel, it seems, the greater the chance of a blur between the phonemic boundaries of plosive and adjacent vowel. From Wordnik.com. [Concern trolls and the Etruscan bilabial 'f'] Reference
In one name, where the orthography has initial G, the ‘mistake’ is to use a velar plosive instead of the affricate: Genghis Khan. From Wordnik.com. [Fricative or Affricate? | Linguism] Reference
They snapped shut their faceplates and shrugged the loads of ex-plosive over their shoulders, awkward bundles above the recycler tanks. From Wordnik.com. [Three Worlds To Conquer]
Pacino himself must have been dehydrated at the end of the performance, considering how much spit flew from his mouth on every plosive. From Wordnik.com. [NASA throws book at moon hoaxers] Reference
They found that the X-plosive came fully up to expectations. From Wordnik.com. [The Skylark of Space] Reference
A plosive-practicing, fricative-frying managing editor who apes Jiminy Glick?. From Wordnik.com. [Evansville Courier & Press Stories] Reference
But not the voiceless pɑ: (pa). mɑ: (ma): nasal bilabial gə (guh): plosive velar. From Wordnik.com. [PhiLLy RoLL] Reference
I found that I needed a "pop filter," which cuts down on the plosive "p" sound and sibilance. From Wordnik.com. [Writer Unboxed] Reference
The X-plosive shell completely volatilized the stranger and hurled the party backward toward the. From Wordnik.com. [The Skylark of Space] Reference
ADVERTISEMENT plosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team removed the device and carried out a controlled explosion. From Wordnik.com. Reference
"The plosive words and alliteration used in this description conjure up connotations of sickly images such as ..." etc. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
People would remember the plosive "billions and billions," and the real point is the "billions" said twice in his rather odd manner. From Wordnik.com. [Planet Atheism] Reference
We'd better load up on grub and X-plosive ammunition, too. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Skylark of Space] Reference
More on plosive at plosive.net. From Wordnik.com. [Disquiet » Plosive MP3 Set] Reference
More on McCammon at plosive.net. From Wordnik.com. [Disquiet » Casio MP3 EP] Reference
A howl, a hiss, a plosive, and some groans. From Wordnik.com. [Analog Science Fiction and Fact]
Don't miss all the egg-plosive action!. From Wordnik.com. [Major Spoilers] Reference
(It's got that hard plosive at the end.). From Wordnik.com. [CJR] Reference
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