Staple has 2 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | In China, southern people eat rice as staple food; northern people eat wheaten food as staple food. | |
| 2. | Rice is one of those staple commodities. | |
| 3. | This is a horror staple - young men and women spend a night of terror in an isolated house. | |
| 4. | Instant noodles are a staple among college students. | |
| 5. | The squid ink in arroz negro blackens the rest of the ingredients enough to make the Spanish dish a Goth staple. | |
| 6. | Cassava is a drought-tolerant crop and consequently a major staple food for millions of people. | |
| 7. | The flat front trouser was a staple of that fashion designer's collections. | |
| 8. | Charred remains of a flatbread baked about 14,500 years ago in a stone fireplace at a site in northeastern Jordan have given researchers a delectable surprise: people began making bread, a vital staple food, millennia before they developed agriculture. | |
| 9. | By the 1830s, coffee was already such a staple that pioneers traveling to the American West made sure to pack coffee beans to have along on the journey. | |
| 10. | Onions are a staple in this area of Algeria. |