Dependence has 3 syllables and the stress is on the second syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Japan's dependence on foreign trade is not necessarily very high as a percentage of GNP. | |
| 2. | It's not true that equality is a law of nature; nature makes nothing equal - her sovereign laws are subordination and dependence. | |
| 3. | It is false that equality is a law of nature. Nature makes nothing equal, her sovereign law is subordination and dependence. | |
| 4. | Shy people can develop drug dependence as a defense. | |
| 5. | There is a long way from oil dependence to a renewable energy society. | |
| 6. | Willing dependence is the most beautiful condition, and how would it be possible without love? | |
| 7. | In just eight years, we've halved our dependence on foreign oil; we've doubled our renewable energy; we've led the world to an agreement that has the promise to save this planet. | |
| 8. | Sami and Layla cannot live without one another. It's called co-dependence. | |
| 9. | I can conceive nothing so respectable as the spirit which rises above misfortune, and prefers honourable privations to debt or dependence. | |
| 10. | Algeria wants to reduce dependence on foreign imports. |