Due to the loss of certain syllables it has acquired phonemic stress.

When the stress pattern of words changes, the vowels in certain syllables may switch between full and reduced.

Japanese also lacks the stresses on certain syllables that provide flow to English rapping.

At last she uttered a certain syllable of which even she did not know the meaning.

Each line requires certain syllables to exhibit a "flat" or "sharp" pitch.

TheA was all wrong, and the emphasis on certain syllables had been just ever so slightly.

His voice, usually so authoritative, seemed to break at certain syllables as his face drew close to Chacaltana's.

His voice cuts through the black in clean and certain syllables.

The words ran so swiftly together that they were almost indistinguishable, but certain syllables came out in patterns.

It came smoothly, purred; but at certain syllables, it grated.