Assortment has 3 syllables and the stress is on the second syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | We also have lenses in our assortment. | |
| 2. | We also have lentils in our assortment. | |
| 3. | A clocktower is full of an assortment of doodads and doohickies. | |
| 4. | "You see," he explained, "I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose. A fool takes in all the lumber of every sort that he comes across, so that the knowledge which might be useful to him gets crowded out, or at best is jumbled up with a lot of other things, so that he has a difficulty in laying his hands upon it. Now the skilful workman is very careful indeed as to what he takes into his brain attic. He will have nothing but the tools which may help him in doing his work, but of these he has a large assortment, and all in the most perfect order. It is a mistake to think that that little room has elastic walls and can distend to any extent. Depend upon it there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before. It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones." | |
| 5. | She had an assortment of plants on each windowsill so they could get enough light. |