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Occlusives is an English word. Below you'll find 9 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Occlusives in a sentence

Related words

Occlusives | Occlusive

Occlusives meaning

plural of occlusive

Using Occlusives

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of occlusive
  • In the example corpus, occlusives often appears in combinations such as: nasal occlusives, occlusives are.

Context around Occlusives

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 16.1 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 1 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

nasal 4× oral 1× common 1×

Sentence patterns with Occlusives

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

are nasal occlusives in which 1× emollients and occlusives to help 1× nasal occlusives are nearly 1× nasal occlusives are somewhat 1× nasalization in occlusives is allophonic 1× see common occlusives for the 1× the occlusives and affricates 1× to oral occlusives 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

definition nearly all 1× ladefoged and maddieson 1× nasal occlusives are 1× see common occlusives 1× since nasal vowels 1× the occlusives and 1×

Common sentence endings:

in human languages 1× lips or tongue 1× occlusives is allophonic 1× restore moisture levels 1× stops and nasals 1× to oral occlusives 1×

Words around Occlusives

Just before it in the word index:

occlusive 9 occlusions 2 occlusion 29 occlusal 16 occlumency 3 occluding 3

Just after it in the word index:

occna 2 occoquan 4 occrl 2 occrp 11 occs 3 occt 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aakash 12 aanholt 12 aardwolf 12 abadan 12 abati 12 abcc 12

Corpus analysis for Occlusives

  • In this selection, "occlusives" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 16.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, nasal, oral and common stand out and add context to how "occlusives" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include are nasal occlusives in which and emollients and occlusives to help. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "occlusives" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with occlusives

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Nasal occlusives are somewhat similar. (5 words)

Nasal occlusives are nearly universal in human languages. (8 words)

Voiceless nasals A few languages have phonemic voiceless nasal occlusives. (10 words)

Longer example sentences

What you get instead is an easy-to-spread, super-soothing moisturizer containing a good mix of humectants, emollients and occlusives to help soothe parched skin and restore moisture levels. (30 words)

Definition Nearly all nasal consonants are nasal occlusives, in which air escapes through the nose but not through the mouth, as it is blocked (occluded) by the lips or tongue. (30 words)

The occlusives and affricates have a special aspirated series (transcribed with an apostrophe after the letter): p’, t’, c’, k’ (but č). (22 words)

Example sentences (9)

What you get instead is an easy-to-spread, super-soothing moisturizer containing a good mix of humectants, emollients and occlusives to help soothe parched skin and restore moisture levels.

Definition Nearly all nasal consonants are nasal occlusives, in which air escapes through the nose but not through the mouth, as it is blocked (occluded) by the lips or tongue.

Ladefoged and Maddieson (1996) prefer to restrict 'stop' to oral occlusives.

Nasal occlusives are nearly universal in human languages.

Nasal occlusives are somewhat similar.

See Common occlusives for the distribution of both stops and nasals.

Since nasal vowels are phonemic, it simplifies the picture somewhat to assume that nasalization in occlusives is allophonic.

The occlusives and affricates have a special aspirated series (transcribed with an apostrophe after the letter): p’, t’, c’, k’ (but č).

Voiceless nasals A few languages have phonemic voiceless nasal occlusives.

Common combinations with occlusives

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "occlusives" in a sentence?
An example: "What you get instead is an easy-to-spread, super-soothing moisturizer containing a good mix of humectants, emollients and occlusives to help soothe parched skin and restore moisture levels." This page contains 9 example sentences with the word "occlusives" from authentic English texts.
What does "occlusives" mean?
Occlusives means: plural of occlusive
How many example sentences with "occlusives" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 9 example sentences with "occlusives", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.