Cover has 2 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | In the long summer days she sat in the sun and watched the trees cover themselves with leaves, and the white daisies cover the hill. | |
| 2. | I read the book from cover to cover. | |
| 3. | He read the book from cover to cover. | |
| 4. | M-my goodness!? Cover-up! Cover yourself up! | |
| 5. | I always read detective stories from cover to cover; they're so exciting! | |
| 6. | I've read the dictionary cover to cover. | |
| 7. | For a book to sell well, there needs to be a pretty girl on the cover, and the book will sell all the better, the less cover there is on the pretty girl. | |
| 8. | Read this book from cover to cover. | |
| 9. | Tom has never read the Bible from cover to cover. | |
| 10. | I doubt that Tom has ever read a book from cover to cover in his life. |