How to Pronounce STALWART (British & American English)
Learn how to pronounce STALWART correctly by understanding the syllables
The word STALWART is a verb made up of 2 syllables.
It can be used as an adjective and a noun.
In British English it is pronounced:
STAWL-wurt, with emphasis on the first syllable.
In American English it is pronounced:
STOLL-wurt, still with emphasis on the first syllable.
STALWART
Definition: adj. loyal, hard-working, resolute, reliable n. a steadfast person, a strong supporter of an organization or cause
The clipart shows a sentry on duty, whatever the weather.
The picture shows an elderly couple sitting on metal railings in a park.
The sentence example reads: During his wife’s long illness, he proved to be a stalwart husband, constantly caring for her.
Now you know how to say STALWART, look for opportunities to use it in everyday conversation.
Examples of STALWART from news items:
The networks and streaming services are jammed with travel programming, including the stalwarts on the Travel Channel and National Geographic, available on Disney Plus.
Source: Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/a-world-of-small-screen-adventure-here-are-the-best-travel-tv-shows-for-streaming/2020/05/07/b180eca6-7457-11ea-85cb-8670579b863d_story.html
KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban announced a caretaker government on Tuesday, taking a major step in re-establishing their Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, and empowering many of the movement’s stalwarts from their regime in the 1990s.
Source: New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/07/world/asia/taliban-women-protest-kabul-afghanistan.html
Another competitor of Creado’s will be Gettr, a new social media platform run by former Trump campaign adviser Jason Miller which styles itself as a stalwart opponent of “cancel culture.”
Source: Washington Times
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/aug/10/creado-taking-dominant-social-media-platforms-amer/
Three of China’s four leading vaccine candidates use an unfashionable stalwart: the whole inactivated virus, an approach that dates back to the first successful flu vaccine in the 1930s.
Source: Science Magazine
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/11/global-push-covid-19-vaccines-china-aims-win-friends-and-cut-deals
Instead, we must demand that tech’s most promising companies — no longer dorm room startups but, in fact, more valuable than many of the industry stalwarts that helm the Fortune 500 — be run the old-fashioned way.
Source: The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/29/18117400/google-china-petitions-dragonfly-sundar-pichai
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