Kettle has 2 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "What's he been eating?" "The last thing, I think, was a kettle." "A kettle of what?" "No. A kettle. A black thing with a handle and spout." | |
| 2. | I went down the stairs and into the hall, where I found the commissionnaire fast asleep in his box, with the kettle boiling furiously upon the spirit-lamp. I took off the kettle and blew out the lamp, for the water was spurting over the floor. | |
| 3. | The fire isn't very hot, so it won't heat the kettle. | |
| 4. | The pot can't call the kettle black. | |
| 5. | The pot calls the kettle black. | |
| 6. | She put a kettle on the gas. | |
| 7. | She left the kitchen with the kettle boiling. | |
| 8. | Wait till the kettle begins to sing. | |
| 9. | The kettle is whistling on the stove. | |
| 10. | The kettle is steaming. |