Sparrow has 2 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | The boy can't tell a swallow from a sparrow. | |
| 2. | Not a single sparrow was to be heard. | |
| 3. | A sparrow is very alert in its movements. | |
| 4. | It may be a sparrow, but it's still meat. | |
| 5. | The sparrow is cheeping. | |
| 6. | I cannot cheep like a sparrow. I'm a pigeon. | |
| 7. | I aimed at a sparrow, but shot down a goose. | |
| 8. | I spent that day listening to the lonely scrapings of a pen. During that time, from time to time, I heard a Java sparrow twittering. It occurred to me that maybe Java sparrows twitter out of loneliness too. I walked out to the veranda to see. Nevertheless, flying to and fro between two perches busily and incessantly, it did not show the slightest hint of grievance. | |
| 9. | My girl loved that sparrow more than her own eyes. | |
| 10. | The idea that God is an oversized white male with a flowing beard who sits in the sky and tallies the fall of every sparrow is ludicrous. But if by 'God' one means the set of physical laws that govern the universe, then clearly there is such a God. |