Procure has 2 syllables and the stress is on the second syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Where did you procure the information? | |
| 2. | An admiring fan once asked Christopher Columbus how he managed to procure funding for all of his amazing journeys. Columbus then took the fan to an abandoned alley, took out a pistol, and said "That's how." | |
| 3. | This decision was a self-serving measure designed to procure immunity from prosecution. | |
| 4. | The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to procure the largest quantity of feathers with the least possible amount of hissing. | |
| 5. | Dryas and Nape were surprised at the sight of so much money, and not only promised to give Chloe in marriage, but also undertook to go and procure Lamon's consent to the match. | |
| 6. | "How can I procure an endless supply of nachos?" thought Tom out loud on the bus ride to Paris. | |
| 7. | In a few hurried words he directed the shooter, a stronger and more active man than himself, to carry the young lady to a neighbouring fountain, while he went back to Alice's hut to procure more aid. | |
| 8. | Light meals procure light slumbers. | |
| 9. | You wouldn't by any chance be able to procure a certain book for me? |