Germ has 1 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | This milk is germ-free. | |
| 2. | Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds. | |
| 3. | The patient gets a weakened version of the germ, which triggers the body's immune system to produce antibodies. | |
| 4. | Antibodies work by attaching themselves to an invading germ. | |
| 5. | I must not stay to notice the strange fortunes of all the many other quasi-human worlds. I will mention only that in some, though civilization was destroyed in a succession of savage wars, the germ of recovery precariously survived. In one, the agonizing balance of the old and the new seemed to prolong itself indefinitely. In another, where science had advanced too far for the safety of an immature species, man accidentally blew up his planet and his race. In several, the dialectical process of history was broken short by invasion and conquest on the part of inhabitants of another planet. These and other disaster, to be described in due course, decimated the galactic population of worlds. | |
| 6. | "Welcome home. The bath is ready for you." "I'm feeling hungry, so is it ok if I eat something beforehand?" "No, don't touch a thing! Get to the bathroom." "Hey, you don't have to treat me like a germ you know." "But do you think I can help it with the current state of the world? Please hurry up. Oh, and don't forget to leave the window open after you get out of the bath." |