| 1. | One answers questions in monosyllables as she breast feeds her child.
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| 2. | The most intensely important things in Shakespeare are said in monosyllables.
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| 3. | He talks in simple, declarative sentences that are heavy on monosyllables.
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| 4. | Carlos responded in monosyllables, occasionally laying his head on the table.
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| 5. | On the way back, he talked of his life in monosyllables.
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| 6. | He could say more in monosyllables than anyone I know.
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| 7. | He spoke but little and answered questions in monosyllables ."
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| 8. | They answered questions in monosyllables or not at all.
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| 9. | Comatose, but will answer in monosyllables if aroused.
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| 10. | It also looks as if monosyllables were more likely to change than polysyllables.
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