Virtue has 2 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | The only reward of virtue is virtue. | |
| 2. | She became rich by virtue of hard work and good business sense. | |
| 3. | Hypocrisy is the homage that vice pays to virtue. | |
| 4. | The journalist was too upset to distinguish vice from virtue. | |
| 5. | The first virtue of a painting is to be a feast for the eyes. | |
| 6. | It's duck soup for a girl of easy virtue to find a new man. | |
| 7. | The man must have succeeded in business by virtue of his efforts. | |
| 8. | This jacket has the virtue of being easy to wash. | |
| 9. | Your plan has the virtue of being practical. | |
| 10. | They say fine words are no virtue if they're insincere and that's him in a nutshell. He's all talk but doesn't mean a word of it. |