Bouncing has 2 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | The kids were screaming and bouncing everywhere. | |
| 2. | The children are bouncing on the trampoline. | |
| 3. | Tom started bouncing up and down on the bed. | |
| 4. | The children started bouncing up and down on the couch. | |
| 5. | You keep bouncing back. | |
| 6. | I do not like the habit certain tennis players have when they bounce the ball excessively before serving, especially on important points. Bouncing the ball more than, say, 10 times should be penalised for deliberately delaying the play. | |
| 7. | Sami's letters kept bouncing back from Egypt. | |
| 8. | Sami sent Layla many letters but they kept bouncing back from Egypt. | |
| 9. | On a recent weekday afternoon in Ho Chi Minh City, the passengers bouncing along on one of the city's green buses breathed in mouthfuls of carbon monoxide, hydrogen cyanide and other chemicals that add to Vietnam's notorious pollution. The toxic smoke did not come from the bus itself, but from the man driving it — one hand supporting the wheel, the other holding a cigarette. | |
| 10. | A young mother painstakingly applies disinfectant cloths to clean meticulously the baby rattles for her gurgling blue-eyed infant bouncing happily on her lap. |