Statement has 2 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
# | Sentence | |
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1. | I would like to retract my previous statement. | |
2. | Did you accept his statement as true? | |
3. | Will you give us a statement? | |
4. | Bill accepted my statement as true. | |
5. | To all appearance his statement was true. | |
6. | That would be twenty-seven words instead of four, and while the bare message of the longer statement would be understood, the persuasive force would be lost. | |
7. | That does not accord with his statement. | |
8. | The statement sounds improbable. | |
9. | The statement is not wholly true. | |
10. | The man's statement to the pretty girl that he was a millionaire was all eye-wash. |