Prodigious has 3 syllables and the stress is on the second syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | The number of English words exceeds twenty times Shakespeare's prodigious vocabulary. | |
| 2. | Her dress was a prodigious pair of self-willed shoes, that never wanted to go where her feet went; blue stockings; a printed gown of many colors, and the most hideous pattern procurable for money; and a white apron. | |
| 3. | And so let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania. Let freedom ring from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado. Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California. | |
| 4. | Chess players with prodigious memories perform incredible feats, such as playing blindly, at the same time, a large number of matches. |