Manipulate has 4 syllables and the stress is on the second syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Tom doesn't like people who manipulate others. | |
| 2. | Can you really manipulate the thought and behavior of people by using subliminal messages? | |
| 3. | Don't try to manipulate me. | |
| 4. | You know how to manipulate me. | |
| 5. | He tried to manipulate me. | |
| 6. | As far as I understand despite my limited knowledge, here in Venezuela we must adapt to the prevailing mentality and social order. Therefore, an individual must live among opportunism, poverty, manipulation and superficiality. It might be a very characteristic Latino idiosyncrasy to behave as in the book "Chronicle of a Death Foretold" by Gabriel García Márquez when it comes to dealing with delicate situations. Everybody knows what's happening, but nobody raises his voice and even if somebody did, nobody would support him. Only enlightenment through education could end the ignorance that is a scourge on our people, from which many other problems arise. However, it's unlikely to expect a government to propose to spread values that threaten its own interests, because it's better for them to keep society ignorant in order to manipulate it with ease. | |
| 7. | Are you trying to manipulate me? | |
| 8. | She's just trying to manipulate you. | |
| 9. | They think they can manipulate us. | |
| 10. | Tom tried to manipulate me. |