Sheriff has 2 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | The sheriff established order in the town. | |
| 2. | The sheriff beat the suspect until he was almost dead. | |
| 3. | Sheriff Wyatt Earp talked to that old trapper yesterday. | |
| 4. | The sheriff knows that old trapper. | |
| 5. | That old trapper knows the sheriff. | |
| 6. | Shall we play cowboy and Indians? I declare myself a sheriff, and you all must obey me. | |
| 7. | There's a new sheriff in town. | |
| 8. | Are you the sheriff? | |
| 9. | There's a big gunfight in the middle of the movie and the sheriff gets killed. | |
| 10. | The sheriff told Tom to be out of town by sundown. |