Spent has 1 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | The amount of time people spent watching TV varied by age. Those ages 15 to 44 spent the least amount of time watching TV, averaging around 2.0 hours per day, and those ages 65 and over spent the most time watching TV, averaging over 4.0 hours per day. | |
| 2. | I have spent three times as much money as you spent. | |
| 3. | When apprentices complained that they got more harassment than training from their employers, Granny said calmly: "Well, time spent in apprenticeship is not like time spent being the master." | |
| 4. | An hour spent in the garden is an hour well spent. | |
| 5. | At the University I spent my entire time in the acquisition of languages, living, dead, and half-dead, and knew nothing of the outside world. In this diligent pursuit of words I spent about sixteen hours of each day. Very soon after graduation I had forgotten the languages, and found myself intellectually bankrupt. In other words I was what is called a distinguished graduate, and, as such, I took to school teaching as the only trade I could find that need neither experience nor intellect. | |
| 6. | I spent three times as much money as you spent. | |
| 7. | A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. | |
| 8. | The money spent by Brazil on the construction of the stadiums for the FIFA World Cup in 2014 already exceeded what Germany spent in 2006 and South Africa in 2010 combined. | |
| 9. | Tom has spent more time thinking about Mary than he's spent talking with her. | |
| 10. | Money spent on your children's education is usually money well spent. |