Uphold has 2 syllables and the stress is on the second syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
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| 1. | He emphasised carrying out promises made to the people, but he failed to uphold many commitments. | |
| 2. | The women in our country are different from the women from other countries. Many think that it's acceptable for women to have children and devote themselves to them entirely; and, towards their husband, to simply uphold their duty and protect their chastity. | |
| 3. | As a public official you have sworn an oath to uphold and defend the constitution. | |
| 4. | Many people uphold the stance that 95% of DNA is junk. | |
| 5. | We must uphold family traditions. | |
| 6. | The churches preach to you a gospel which they know you cannot live up to; they call upon you to become a "better man" without giving you the chance to do so. On the contrary, they uphold the conditions that make you "bad," while they command you to be "good." | |
| 7. | We need to uphold laws against discrimination — in hiring, and in housing, and in education, and in the criminal justice system. That is what our Constitution and our highest ideals require. | |
| 8. | From the ruins of the Second World War, our nations set out to remake the world -- to build a new international order and the institutions to uphold it. A United Nations to prevent another world war and advance a more just and lasting peace. International financial institutions like the World Bank and International Monetary Fund to promote prosperity for all peoples. A Universal Declaration of Human Rights to advance the “inalienable rights of all members of the human family.” | |
| 9. | Europe helps to uphold the norms and rules that can maintain peace and promote prosperity around the world. | |
| 10. | "Nay, Juno, too, who now, in mood malign, / earth, sea and sky is harrying, shall incline / to better counsels, and unite with me / to cherish and uphold the imperial line, / the Romans, rulers of the land and sea, / lords of the flowing gown. So standeth my decree." |