Gait has 1 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | He walks with an awkward gait because of an injury. | |
| 2. | He matched his gait to his companion's. | |
| 3. | The gait of my friend was unsteady, and the bells upon his cap jingled as he strode. | |
| 4. | For the past few years, teenagers who imitate overweight American rappers have been walking like inverted pendulums, swinging from left to right, which is the only way forward if you weigh over two hundred and sixty pounds, but completely ineffective if you are a scrawny teenager weighing half of that, since most of the energy is wasted on side steps, not to mention the sheer absurdity of that swinging gait. | |
| 5. | He began to mimic the speech and gait of persons in the street. | |
| 6. | Tom insisted he hadn't been drinking, but his slurred speech and unsteady gait gave him away. | |
| 7. | But the extraordinary homeliness of her gait and manner would have eclipsed any face in the world. | |
| 8. | The tempo of Tom’s gait increased when his eyes affixed on a box of doughnuts. | |
| 9. | You will keep your gliding gait, no dancer will rival you, but every step you take will be as if you were treading upon sharp knives, so sharp as to draw blood. | |
| 10. | "But if you take my voice," said the little mermaid, "what have I left?" "Your beautiful form," said the witch, "your gliding gait, and your speaking eyes; with these you ought surely to be able to bewitch a human heart." |