Saffron has 2 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
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| 1. | The Indian flag is called the tricolour because it has stripes of three colours – saffron, white and green. | |
| 2. | Will you buy for me some saffron? | |
| 3. | Rich presents, too, he sends for, saved of old / from Troy, a veil, whose saffron edges shone / fringed with acanthus, glorious to behold, / a broidered mantle, stiff with figures wrought in gold. / Fair Helen's ornaments, from Argos brought, / the gift of Leda, when the Trojan shore / and lawless nuptials o'er the waves she sought. | |
| 4. | They praise the boy, his glowing looks divine, / the words he feigned, the royal gifts he brought, / the robe, the saffron veil with bright acanthus wrought. | |
| 5. | This rice has too much saffron. | |
| 6. | Sherie is cooking some calves’ liver in almond saffron sauce. | |
| 7. | It turned out that the smallest container of saffron was also the worst deal. I'm just penny-wise and pound foolish. | |
| 8. | Saffron is a highly coveted spice that can cost up to $10,000 a kilo. |