Disperse has 2 syllables and the stress is on the second syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | The children blow dandelions to see the seeds disperse on the wind. | |
| 2. | Fungi disperse spores. | |
| 3. | The young folks now often shared their milk and wine, and made a common meal of the food which they had brought from home as provision for the day; and the sheep might sooner have been seen to disperse and browse apart, than Daphnis to separate himself from Chloe. | |
| 4. | "There rest they, nor their sequence change, nor place, / save when, by chance, on grating hinge the door / swings open, and a light breath sweeps the floor, / or rougher blasts the tender leaves disperse. / Loose then they flutter, for she recks no more / to call them back, and rearrange the verse; / untaught the votaries leave, the Sibyl's cave to curse." | |
| 5. | The police used a drone with a loudspeaker to disperse the crowd. | |
| 6. | The police use drones equipped with cameras and loudspeakers to find illegal gatherings and disperse crowds. | |
| 7. | Police intervened, firing tear gas to disperse the crowds. | |
| 8. | Police say they are considering deploying special negotiators to help disperse defiant crowds. | |
| 9. | The police hurried to disperse the riots with force. |