Asses has 2 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | And they used Abram well for her sake. And he had sheep and oxen and he-asses, and men servants, and maid servants, and she-asses, and camels. | |
| 2. | He ordered also to be brought out for every one of them two robes: but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, with five robes of the best, sending to his father as much money and raiment; adding besides, ten he-asses, to carry off all the riches of Egypt, and as many she-asses, carrying wheat and bread for the journey. | |
| 3. | Although a lickspit licks spit and an ass-kisser kisses asses, both expressions are used for people who are tarred with the same brush. | |
| 4. | The furrier gets the skins of more foxes than asses. | |
| 5. | When future generations will learn that we chopped our precious trees only to wipe our asses with them, they would not believe that we are Homo Sapiens. | |
| 6. | Tom is just blowing smoke up our asses! | |
| 7. | These wild asses are found only on the Tibetan plateau. | |
| 8. | The machines will kill our fat asses. | |
| 9. | But when the later coming was, and the last conceiving, he did not put them. And those that were lateward became laban's; and they of the first time Jacob's. And the man was enriched exceedingly, and he had many flocks, maid-servants and men-servants, camels and asses. | |
| 10. | And he commanded them, saying: Thus shall ye speak to my lord Esau: Thus saith thy brother Jacob: I have sojourned with Laban, and have been with him until this day. I have oxen, and asses, and sheep, and menservants, and womenservants: and now I send a message to my lord, that I may find favour in thy sight. |