Travail has 2 syllables and the stress is on the second syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | They finally succeeded after many months of travail. | |
| 2. | "I, torn from burning Troy o'er many a wave, / endured the lust of Pyrrhus and his pride, / and knew a mother's travail as his slave. / Fired with Hermione, a Spartan bride, / me, joined in bed and bondage, he allied / to Helenus." | |
| 3. | And going forth from thence, he came in the spring time to the land which leadeth to Ephrata: wherein when Rachel was in travail, by reason of her hard labour, she began to be in danger, and the midwife said to her: Fear not, for thou shalt have this son also. |