Spending has 2 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
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| 1. | Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. | |
| 2. | My roommate is prodigal when it comes to spending money on movies; he buys them the day they're released, regardless of price. | |
| 3. | By September the burst in spending seemed to be tapering off. | |
| 4. | The Representative said he will put a brake on spending. | |
| 5. | We have to cut business expenses here. Haven't you ever heard of looking at how much you're getting before you start spending? | |
| 6. | The real estate broker was lavish in his spending in Ginza. | |
| 7. | Thus you cannot indulge in the pleasure of spending money freely. | |
| 8. | While this group has a great deal of spending power, it is not working, and therefore, not producing anything. | |
| 9. | Spending money is as easy as pie. | |
| 10. | After spending three weeks looking for a job, he found a well-paid one. |