Eminence has 3 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | He won eminence as a scientist. | |
| 2. | Claudius, seeing a mighty man before him, saw things looked serious and understood that here he had not quite the same pre-eminence as at Rome, where no one was his equal. | |
| 3. | She figured as a gray eminence. | |
| 4. | The positions of eminence and authority in Congress are allotted in accordance with length of service, regardless of quality. Superficial observers have long criticized the United States for making a fetish of youth. This is unfair. Uniquely among modern organs of public and private administration, its national legislature rewards senility. | |
| 5. | He reined up his horse on the top of a gentle eminence, from which he observed the busy and gay scene beneath him. |