Eighty has 2 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | And Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three, when they spoke to Pharaoh. | |
| 2. | Halley's Comet comes round once every eighty years. | |
| 3. | The lady is over eighty. | |
| 4. | The library is eighty years old. | |
| 5. | John is eighty years old but still fit. | |
| 6. | This candy costs eighty cents. | |
| 7. | Not a few people live to be over eighty. | |
| 8. | Seventy or eighty years is the normal span of a man's life. | |
| 9. | The deceased was eighty years old. | |
| 10. | If I were eighty and she were still alive, I would be getting the same admonition. |