Overlap has 3 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | It's clear that our arguments don't overlap at all. | |
| 2. | When inserting the budwood into the root stock make the cambium layer overlap. | |
| 3. | I have come here to seek a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world; one based upon mutual interest and mutual respect; and one based upon the truth that America and Islam are not exclusive, and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles – principles of justice and progress; tolerance and the dignity of all human beings. | |
| 4. | Overlap can occur. | |
| 5. | I have come here to seek a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world; one based upon mutual interest and mutual respect; and one based upon the truth that the United States and Islam are not exclusive, and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles – principles of justice and progress; tolerance and the dignity of all human beings. | |
| 6. | Their two shadows overlap. | |
| 7. | Before pouring cement mixture into forms for a foundation, the work crew securely place an armature of steel bars at a predetermined spacing in order to reinforce the finished building's hardened concrete. If a piece of steel is not long enough to span the required distance, the workers will overlap two pieces and tie them together to form a strong splice. | |
| 8. | Assembling data from 73 records that overlap in time, the scientists pieced together global average temperatures since the end of the last ice age. | |
| 9. | How many times per day do a clock’s hands overlap? |