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What is an example of some diphthongs words?

Here are some examples of words containing diphthongs, categorized by the type of diphthong:

Rising Diphthongs:

* ou: house, mouse, out, shout

* oi: coin, oil, boil, toy

* ow: cow, now, how, down

* ey: they, hey, obey, convey

* ay: say, play, stay, away

* ie: pie, lie, tie, die

* ai: rain, pain, chain, wait

* ea: great, break, steak, sea

Centring Diphthongs:

* ear: hear, near, clear, fear

* air: hair, chair, fair, pair

* ure: pure, sure, cure, endure

Other Diphthongs:

* eu: neutral, Europe, feud, few

* aw: law, raw, saw, yawn

Note: Diphthongs can be represented by different spellings in English. For example, the "ow" sound can also be spelled "ou" (as in "cloud") or "ough" (as in "though").

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