Allay has 2 syllables and the stress is on the second syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | She tried to allay their fears but only ended up heightening them. | |
| 2. | When his advances were rebuffed, he attempted to allay his rankled ego by publicly undermining her intelligence. | |
| 3. | This medicine will allay the pain. | |
| 4. | "Beware... / Yet first 'twere best these billows to allay. / Far other coin hereafter ye shall pay / for crimes like these." | |
| 5. | Much-musing, to the woodland nymphs I pray, / and Mars, the guardian of the Thracian plain, / with favouring grace the omen to allay, / and bless the dreadful vision. |