Cannon has 2 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | The cannon! They're loading the cannon! Why? Ah! They're going to shoot! Pick up speed - one, two, one, two! | |
| 2. | It is true that there are some people even so utterly without imagination that they cannot take a joke; such as that grave man of Scotland who was at last plainly told by a funny friend quite out of patience, “Why, you wouldn’t take a joke if it were fired at you out of a cannon!” “Sir,” replied the Scot, with sound reasoning and grave thought, “Sir, you are absurd. You cannot fire a joke out of a cannon!” | |
| 3. | The cannon went off by accident. | |
| 4. | Never use a cannon to kill a fly. | |
| 5. | The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a deal longer. | |
| 6. | This church was destroyed by cannon fire. | |
| 7. | This problem certainly requires a solution, but that's like shooting a cannon at sparrows. | |
| 8. | He's a loose cannon. | |
| 9. | The sound of a kiss is not as loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts much longer. | |
| 10. | "It's a cannon shot, is it not?" I nodded. |