Lawful has 2 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | All things are lawful for me, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be mastered by anything. | |
| 2. | He is the lawful owner of the company. | |
| 3. | He recognized his son as lawful heir. | |
| 4. | I think putting thieves to death is not lawful; and it is plain and obvious that it is absurd and of ill consequence to the commonwealth that a thief and a murderer should be equally punished. | |
| 5. | We need to handle this in a lawful manner. | |
| 6. | A totally lawless state will be quite lawful carried through space and time. | |
| 7. | I believe in Spinoza's God, Who reveals Himself in the lawful harmony of the world, not in a God Who concerns Himself with the fate and the doings of mankind. | |
| 8. | Medicine is my lawful wife and literature is my mistress. When I get tired of one I spend the night with the other. | |
| 9. | "Thou hast whate'er 'tis lawful to advise; / go, and with deathless deeds raise Ilion to the skies." | |
| 10. | Is it lawful to conscript such young men against their will? |