Syllables World: Mastering Syllable Identification

How many syllables in Shallow?

shallow has 2 syllables

shal-low

not deep; having little depth

The first syllable 'shal' has a consonant 'sh' and a vowel 'a'. The second syllable 'low' has a vowel 'o' and a consonant 'w'.

Adjective

The pond is shallow and I can touch the bottom.

Verb

He tried to shallow his breath to avoid being heard.

The water in the pool is shallow, so you can stand up.
The dish only needs a shallow layer of oil to fry the chicken.
The lake is too shallow for boats to navigate properly.
We walked across the shallow stream without getting our shoes wet.
The dish is ready when the oil in the pan is hot and shallow.
The artist used a shallow depth of field to blur the background and focus on the subject.
The ocean was too shallow for the ship to pass through.
The child was able to swim in the shallow end of the pool.
The puddle was shallow enough to jump over.
The river was shallow enough to wade across.

The most shallow rivers run with the most noise.
The shallowest rivers roar the loudest.
Every shallow fop tells a lie with a flourish.
The shallow consider liberty a release from all law, from every constraint.
Love is an ocean of emotions entirely surrounded by expenses, or a shallow lake into which depth of feeling flows like sewage.
The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned.
Happiness is shallow. It's fleeting. It's conditional. Joy is internal. It's a condition of the heart.
A man's vanity tells him what is honor, a man's conscience what is justice.
The person who is too shallow to see the error of their ways will always find someone else to blame.
The shallow understandings of men are like the sand on the beach, while the profound truths are like the waves that keep pouring in.