Being has 2 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Many people, especially ignorant people want to punish you for speaking the truth, for being correct, for being you. Never appologize for being correct or for being years ahead of your time. If you’re right and you know it, speak your mind. Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is still the truth. | |
| 2. | Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned. | |
| 3. | The king made appropriate adjustments for the vile being. The king knew the being's child like mind would continue to lure him in. The vile being had a taste for that which he could not have and it clouded his sense of reality. He never saw it coming until it was to late. The fear and anger in the vile beings eyes was matched by the king discrete knodding. | |
| 4. | I prefer being poor to being rich. | |
| 5. | Being a good conversationalist does not just mean being a good speaker of English. | |
| 6. | Some young Japanese people prefer being single to being married. | |
| 7. | The secret of influencing people lies not so much in being a good talker as in being a good listener. | |
| 8. | Recently I've stopped being afraid of "living in shame" and being exposed to "public ridicule". | |
| 9. | Language has, at the same time as being method of expressing one's thoughts, the side of being something used to think with. | |
| 10. | Whenever I'm sad, I stop being sad and start being awesome instead. |