Phonetic symbol: ˈɔ
| often | toss | loss | broth | 
| Boston | dog | floss | scoff | 
| boss | lost | froth | strong | 
| moss | wrong | frost | cloth | 
| moth | soft | throng | c r oss | 
| thong | cough | trough | gloss | 
| tongs | gone | dross | Lacross | 
- The days are cold, the nights are long, the north wind sings a doleful song'
- James has gone to look for the lost prong.
- Moths often spoil woolen cloth.
- While in Boston Goff drank strong coffee.
- They found the trough and the tongs in the loft.
- The scoffer was bound with a strong thong.
- The broth and the coffee soiled the white cloth.
- He fastened the long thong to the wrong dog.
- The soft cloth was embroidered with glossy floss.
- Eleanor Ross tossed the ball into the trough.
- The dog barked softly in the frosty night as he crossed the long trail.
 
        