| Stressed syllables retain full vowel quality, whereas unstressed syllables may have weak vowels. |
| Five research assistants, blinded to the type of glove material, tested stressed and unstressed gloves for barrier effectiveness. |
| Overall, the results suggest that genotypes with the greatest capacity for nodulation perform best under both unstressed and stressed conditions. |
| Many local accents are marked by a rhythm that tends to lengthen stressed vowels and to reduce or eliminate unstressed short vowels. |
| The final foot of the fourth line is an example of catalexis, the dropping of one or more unstressed syllables at the end of a line. |
| When unstressed syllables are not dropped at the beginning or the end of a line, they are said to be acatalectic. |
