Lean has 1 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
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| 1. | And behold, there followed these, other seven kine, so very ill-favoured and lean, that I never saw the like in the land of Egypt. And they devoured and consumed the former, and yet gave no mark of their being full: but were as lean and ill-favoured as before. | |
| 2. | Don't lean against the wall. | |
| 3. | John is as lean as a wolf. | |
| 4. | If you want to avoid cholesterol, eat lean meat with no fat. | |
| 5. | Don't lean against this wall. | |
| 6. | All I could mumble in response was that when I was a man of fifty, my mother would lean out of the window when I left and remind me not to drive too fast. | |
| 7. | Don't lean too much on others. | |
| 8. | You lean on your parents too much. You must be more independent. | |
| 9. | Don't lean on my chair. | |
| 10. | Don't lean on my desk. |