Explore Nasality through 4 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like timbre or timber. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Nasality in a sentence
Nasality meaning
The state or quality of being nasal.
Using Nasality
- The main meaning on this page is: The state or quality of being nasal.
- Useful related words include: timbre, timber, quality, tone.
- In the example corpus, nasality often appears in combinations such as: the nasality, nasality of.
Context around Nasality
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Nasality
- In this selection, "nasality" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, distinctive stand out and add context to how "nasality" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include blend the nasality of john and degree of nasality. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "nasality" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with nasality
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Although some vowels are strongly nasal, instances of distinctive nasality are rare. (12 words)
It differed from other dialects in vocabulary and pronunciation; it appears to have been spoken with a slight degree of nasality. (21 words)
This however can be explained in a different way, that the inscription simply fails to note the nasality of the final vowels (like in the established custom of writing cos. (30 words)
Slim’s tenor voice manages to blend the nasality of John Lennon, the reedy folk-singing quality of Michael Nau (formerly of Cotton Jones and Page France), and the declamatory, aloof delivery of ‘60s-era rock ‘n’ roll Bob Dylan. (40 words)
This however can be explained in a different way, that the inscription simply fails to note the nasality of the final vowels (like in the established custom of writing cos. (30 words)
It differed from other dialects in vocabulary and pronunciation; it appears to have been spoken with a slight degree of nasality. (21 words)
Example sentences (4)
Slim’s tenor voice manages to blend the nasality of John Lennon, the reedy folk-singing quality of Michael Nau (formerly of Cotton Jones and Page France), and the declamatory, aloof delivery of ‘60s-era rock ‘n’ roll Bob Dylan.
Although some vowels are strongly nasal, instances of distinctive nasality are rare.
It differed from other dialects in vocabulary and pronunciation; it appears to have been spoken with a slight degree of nasality.
This however can be explained in a different way, that the inscription simply fails to note the nasality of the final vowels (like in the established custom of writing cos.
Common combinations with nasality
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the nasality 2×
- nasality of 2×