Percy has 2 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | The English poet Percy Shelley went so far as to call hell a city much like London. | |
| 2. | Is there a Percy in your class? | |
| 3. | During my school-days I had been intimately associated with a lad named Percy Phelps, who was of much the same age as myself, though he was two classes ahead of me. | |
| 4. | Percy has been inquiring for you all morning. | |
| 5. | Percy is to marry my sister Annie. | |
| 6. | "Shall I leave, Percy?" she asked. He clutched her hand to detain her. | |
| 7. | Percy Phelps sank back in his chair. "My head whirls," said he. "Your words have dazed me." | |
| 8. | Percy Saloman, who drives for a ride-hailing service in Virginia, is still working, but he’s putting in longer hours for less money. |