Rag has 1 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
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1. | When the hour for departure drew near the old mother went to her bedroom, and taking a small knife she cut her fingers till they bled; then she held a white rag under them, and letting three drops of blood fall into it, she gave it to her daughter, and said: "Dear child, take great care of this rag: it may be of use to you on the journey." | |
2. | She used a damp rag to wipe off the dust. | |
3. | Don't talk to him about politics because it's like a red rag to a bull. | |
4. | He lost his rag. | |
5. | Tom cleaned the top of the table with a wet rag. | |
6. | It being hard to believe, after allegedly trying to go back to repeatedly inspiring fear using rag-tag groups of suspicious-looking clowns, despite resistance. | |
7. | My mother uses my father's old short as a dust rag. | |
8. | What a home! The place looked like some disused rag-store. The large unglazed window was closed up by a dilapidated shutter. | |
9. | Why does the rag in your hand smell so good? | |
10. | The cleaner insisted on using the old rag. |