How to Use "onomatopoeic" with Example Sentences

1. Words that imitate sounds are called onomatopoeic words .

2. We all use onomatopoeic words -- words that sound like the noise they are describing .

3. The beauty in japanese comes from its allusions ; to the season , the setting , and the sound of water conveyed by the onomatopoeic " oto " .

4. Onomatopoeic words are imitative of noises ; it was independently developed in more than one place as an onomatopoetic term - harry hoijer .

5. A year that began with goudou-goudou , the onomatopoeic neologism haitians use to refer to the quake , ended with cholera on a death march across the country , a sometimes violent electoral dispute and a palpable vacuum of leadership .