Give has 1 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
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1. | "My mind," he said, "rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram, or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere." | |
2. | And give me life, but give it in thy song; For only they that die themselves may give Life to the dead: and I would have thee live. | |
3. | "Cows give us milk, and chickens give us eggs." "Actually, neither cows nor chickens give us anything. We take it without their consent." | |
4. | "Tom, you've got to give me that book back." "But didn't you give it to me as a present?" "I did, but it wasn't mine to give. I borrowed it from Mary years ago, and now she wants it back." | |
5. | Give me time to give you everything I have! | |
6. | Give me liberty or give me death. | |
7. | Computers can give us facts, but they can't give us experience. | |
8. | To give a definition of word is more difficult than to give an illustration of its usage. | |
9. | If you give at all, give quickly. | |
10. | He has been told by the doctor to give up smoking, but he cannot seem to give it up. |