How to Use dialect in a Sentence

dialect

noun

• The play was hard to understand when the characters spoke in dialect.
• The author uses dialect in his writing.
• They speak a southern dialect of French.
• There were the horse riding lessons, the dialect lessons.
  — Adam B. Vary, Variety, 16 Sep. 2022
• To that end, Foreman has worked with dialect coach-to-the-stars Denise Woods.
  — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Jan. 2024
• The flat, flaky bread was laced with lard, which is called saim in Mallorqui, a Catalan dialect.
  — Dorothy Hernandez, CNN, 25 Feb. 2022
• The album has lyrics in English and in Akan, a local dialect from Ghana.
  — Dallas News, 23 Aug. 2022
• Like a lot of things, the Axios dialect emerged from a good idea that spun madly out of control.
  — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 26 Sep. 2022
• The slang had its own rules, its own politics, its own dialect.
  — Caleb Madison, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2023
• The regional dialect, akin to a strong Boston accent in the U.S., stuck.
  — Sam Wright, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2022
• She was known in the Venetian dialect as Zanetta, and, on the stage, as La Buranella.
  — Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 20 June 2022
• Branagh wrote much of Belfast‘s dialogue with an Irish dialect in mind.
  — Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Mar. 2022
• The name Benoit Blanc should have been enough of a clue, and Mr. Craig does a convincing job of a very specific dialect.
  — WSJ, 2 Dec. 2022
• Speaking the Taiwanese dialect in schools was subject to fines.
  — Li Yuan, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2023
• Your words have to be clear, especially with the southern dialect in such a wordy song.
  — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 26 Apr. 2023
• To get the right emotion, dialects, and artistry behind the craft, producers will still need to hire humans.
  — WIRED, 3 Oct. 2023
• Despite the hardships, there are still some in the region trying to provide the dialect a lifeline.
  — Simon Romero Desiree Rios, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2023
• In this sense, the woke dialect is a new kind of gnosticism, separating the elite from the great unwashed.
  — Nate Hochman, National Review, 12 Feb. 2022
• Since then, an effort has been made to unify the dialect for everyone.
  — WSJ, 9 Mar. 2022
• Simply put: The richer the community, the richer the dialect.
  — Meghan Willcoxon, Journal Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2023
• Those of us who have attended college in the past decade are the first to speak the contemporary campus dialect as a native tongue.
  — Nate Hochman, National Review, 12 Feb. 2022
• One of the most prolific composers of Jewish dialect songs was Irving Berlin.
  — Jody Rosen, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2023
• Even though people on the islands speak English, the creole dialect was tough to decipher.
  — Shirley MacFarland, cleveland, 11 Feb. 2022
• The locals speak in a weird German-sounding dialect and eat apple Strüdel and Canederli (knödel) dumplings.
  — Silvia Marchetti, CNN, 11 Aug. 2022
• With the help of speech coaches, Ackie made sure to understand the history behind Houston's dialect and how The Voice spoke.
  — Rasha Ali, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2022
• De Niro spent months learning Sicilian to play the younger Vito, as nearly all of the character's dialogue in the film is in the dialect.
  — Alex Heigl, Peoplemag, 25 Mar. 2023
• Engulfed by their dialect, the narrator starts to lose his grasp on his masculinity, the source of his power.
  — Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 4 July 2022
• Another issue raised by Darany and others is which type or dialect of Arabic will be used.
  — Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 1 Apr. 2022
• But traditions are resilient, there’s not a chain store anywhere, and each of the five villages comes with a distinct dialect and its own proud heritage.
  — Rick Steves, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2023
• Balladeers like Al Hurricane nurtured the dialect in their songs.
  — Simon Romero Desiree Rios, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024