One of the four ways of spelling the /or/ sound is with the letters aw. While there is no hard and fast rule for when the or sound is spelled this way, the letters aw are often used before the letters l and n (like in crawl or dawn . This list looks at a few aw words.
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raw |
Store raw meat away from cooked meat.
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draw |
I won a thousand dollars in the draw.
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straw |
The scarecrow was made from straw.
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hawk |
We saw the hawk hover over its prey.
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dawn |
Dawn broke over the beautiful meadow.
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lawn |
Mow the lawn before it rains.
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yawn |
Tiredness makes you yawn.
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