Preceded has 3 syllables and the stress is on the second syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | The rain was preceded by wind. | |
| 2. | It is said that the Vikings preceded Columbus in discovering America. | |
| 3. | "H" is not pronounced in Spanish unless it is preceded by "c." | |
| 4. | And, without waiting for an answer, she left the apartment, preceded by her friend Adele. | |
| 5. | Nothing happens unless it is preceded by a dream. | |
| 6. | In politics, one is preceded by imbeciles and replaced by morons. | |
| 7. | Nothing happens unless preceded by a dream. | |
| 8. | The Locomotive Act of 1865 required cars driving on public roads to be preceded by a man on foot waving a red flag and blowing a horn. | |
| 9. | No one was responsible for the great Wall Street crash. No one engineered the speculation that preceded it. Both were the product of free choice and decision of hundreds of thousands of individuals. | |
| 10. | In August 2018, education publisher Pearson reported that 59% of Gen Zers preferred using YouTube, compared with 55% of millennials, the generation that preceded them. |