Become has 2 syllables and the stress is on the second syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Watch your thoughts, for they become words. Watch your words, for they become actions. Watch your actions, for they become habits. Watch your habits, for they become character. Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny. | |
| 2. | Be careful of your thoughts, for your thoughts become your words. Be careful of your words, for your words become your actions. Be careful of your actions, for your actions become your habits. Be careful of your habits, for your habits become your character. Be careful of your character, for your character becomes your destiny. | |
| 3. | Since you have already also become an adult, you must become independent economically from your parents. | |
| 4. | If you want to become my friend, then also become the friend of my friend. | |
| 5. | When we watch a movie, play a video game, or read a book, we become emotionally attached to certain characters and gradually become like them. | |
| 6. | Men do not exist in this world to become rich, but to become happy. | |
| 7. | My chest had become softer than the fig tree's fruit and my heart had become more fragile than the fig tree's leaves. | |
| 8. | This author doesn't understand at all why a man and a woman who can't become lovers would become friends. | |
| 9. | What have we become as a society when we need alcohol to enjoy ourselves? It has become a pretext for outlandish behaviour and plain old debauchery. | |
| 10. | It may be a lie that the young are made to believe they can do anything they like; achieve anything; become anything, because by definition we cannot all be extraordinary. Yet, it may be productive to instill in children the hope and will to strive to become their best. |