Much has 1 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
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| 1. | Your ambition should be to get as much life out of living as you possibly can, as much enjoyment, as much interest, as much experience, as much understanding. Not simply to be what is generally called “a success.” | |
| 2. | The one who demands much, gets much. The one who demands too much, gets nothing. | |
| 3. | He who demands much, gets much. He who demands too much, gets nothing. | |
| 4. | The apparent brightness of our Sun is much greater than that of the star Rigel in the constellation Orion because it is so close to us. However, if both objects were placed at the same distance from us, Rigel would appear much brighter than our Sun because its absolute brightness is much larger. | |
| 5. | "How money do you have?" "A penny and a half; how much do you have?" "Not as much." "How much then?" "One penny." | |
| 6. | “We really have moved much more towards a national community and I think even things like social media have abstracted us so much from our local communities, that we've been moving steadily towards a much more kind of nationalized community,” says Brad Birzer, a professor of history at Hillsdale College. | |
| 7. | Really? I want to go there very much. I like Renoir very much. | |
| 8. | I haven't eaten very much but have gained as much as five kilos in a half year. | |
| 9. | He that talks much, errs much. | |
| 10. | Wood is a disappearing resource in much of Africa, and these stoves burn far less wood than the stoves currently in much use. |