Atop has 2 syllables and the stress is on the second syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | The flatboat carrying the two silent men went on gliding atop the dark waters as the moonlit night slowly wore on. | |
| 2. | The woman is atop the table. | |
| 3. | I admire the view of the entire city atop the Ferris wheel. | |
| 4. | The eagle perched atop the cliff, scanning the valley spread out beneath it. | |
| 5. | Sam, a rhesus monkey, was one of the most well known monkeys of the space program. His name was an acronym for the U.S. Air Force School of Aviation Medicine at Brooks Air Force Base, Texas. He was launched on December 4, 1959, housed in a cylindrical capsule within the Mercury spacecraft atop a Little Joe rocket in order to test the launch escape system (LES). Approximately one minute into the flight, travelling at a speed of 3685 mph, the Mercury capsule aborted from the Little Joe launch vehicle. After attaining an altitude of 51 miles, the spacecraft landed safely in the Atlantic Ocean. Sam was recovered, several hours later, with no ill effects from his journey. | |
| 6. | There is a shrine atop the mountain. | |
| 7. | Twig in beak, the diminutive bird pranced atop the thick branch. | |
| 8. | The sheets are placed atop soil in a home planter or an outdoor garden. When watered, the pods dissolve and plants sprout in 10 days (for pea shoots) to 70 days (for dragon carrots). | |
| 9. | The castle was perched atop the hill. | |
| 10. | In 1923, Edwin Hubble used the world's largest telescope, perched atop Mount Wilson in California, to measure the distance to the Great Andromeda Nebula, proving that it was much too far away to belong to our galaxy. |