Under has 2 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
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1. | Under the thigh is the knee; under this one is the calf; under the latter is the foot. | |
2. | The separatist group claims that our region is under occupation. The United Nations would claim that this is totally ridiculous. As much as regions like Bourgogne or Normandy are an integral part of France, Kabylie, too, is an integral part of Algeria. So as much as neither the United Nations nor any other organization would acknowledge that Bourgogne or Normandy are "under French occupation," they would never acknowledge that Kabylie is "under Algerian occupation." | |
3. | There is nothing which I dread so much as a division of the republic into two great parties, each arranged under its leader, and concerting measures in opposition to each other. This, in my humble apprehension, is to be dreaded as the greatest political evil under our Constitution. | |
4. | The brioche is like the bastard child of sponge cake and bread, but its feeling under the tongue is the best under the heavens. | |
5. | It is a fact often observed, that men have written good verses under the inspiration of passion, who cannot write well under other circumstances. | |
6. | Tom looked under the car to see if there was any oil on the pavement under the car. | |
7. | Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage or by the removal of the patient from the influences under which he incurred the disorder. This disease, like caries and many other ailments, is prevalent only among civilized races living under artificial conditions; barbarous nations breathing pure air and eating simple food enjoy immunity from its ravages. It is sometimes fatal, but more frequently to the physician than to the patient. | |
8. | The next morning he put his hand under the cushion, hoping to find under it gold. | |
9. | The man who normally loves under the sun frantically worships under the moon. | |
10. | Under Bouteflika, Algeria was being robbed under the nose of the authorities. |