Shedding has 2 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | I cannot read this book without shedding tears. | |
| 2. | He is not only partial to robbing his victim, but he delights in the shedding of blood, and in the exercise of cruelty. | |
| 3. | My dog is shedding its coat. | |
| 4. | My cat is shedding hair. | |
| 5. | We need to keep changing the attitude that raises our girls to be demure, and our boys to be assertive; that criticizes our daughters for speaking out, and our sons for shedding a tear. | |
| 6. | Drying a tear is more honorable than shedding torrents of blood. | |
| 7. | Like arthropods today, trilobites molted as they grew, shedding their old exoskeleton. These molts could fossilize, so one animal could leave several different sized fossils behind. | |
| 8. | There were also the Feast of Nuts, the Jubilee of Autumn Tintings, the solemn ceremony of Leaf Shedding and the revelry of Budding Day. But these periods of enjoyment were far apart, and left many weary hours between. | |
| 9. | Sami's wig is shedding everywhere. | |
| 10. | By shedding blood, whether humans' or animals', evil is supported on this planet. |