Oath has 1 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
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| 1. | Forty-four Americans have now taken the presidential oath. The words have been spoken during rising tides of prosperity and the still waters of peace. Yet, every so often, the oath is taken amidst gathering clouds and raging storms. At these moments, America has carried on not simply because of the skill or vision of those in high office, but because We the People have remained faithful to the ideals of our forebearers, and true to our founding documents. | |
| 2. | Forty-four US Americans have now taken the presidential oath. The words have been spoken during rising tides of prosperity and the still waters of peace. Yet, every so often, the oath is taken amidst gathering clouds and raging storms. At these moments, America has carried on not simply because of the skill or vision of those in high office, but because We the People have remained faithful to the ideals of our forebearers, and true to our founding documents. | |
| 3. | An oath is an oath. | |
| 4. | In this book you will find two variations in Esperanto of the Hippocratic Oath: one drawn from the original oath in Latin and the other from the French version of the French Order of Physicians. | |
| 5. | The knight swore an oath of allegiance to the king. | |
| 6. | He said under oath that he was born in Italy. | |
| 7. | She gave her oath that she would not drink. | |
| 8. | And when the first Muslim-American was recently elected to Congress, he took the oath to defend our Constitution using the same Holy Koran that one of our Founding Fathers – Thomas Jefferson – kept in his personal library. | |
| 9. | Some doctors are in favor of euthanasia while others believe it goes against the Hippocratic oath. | |
| 10. | As a public official you have sworn an oath to uphold and defend the constitution. |