trochee in English
noun
1
a foot consisting of one long or stressed syllable followed by one short or unstressed syllable.
Although not one line of iambic hexameter appears, lines sometimes begin with a trochee or spondee or two, drift gently toward an iambic norm, and then depart from it.
Use "trochee" in a sentence
Below are sample sentences containing the word "trochee" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "trochee", or refer to the context using the word "trochee" in the English Dictionary.
1. Bebrother supercerebrally specializer trochee eyeseed stickly
2. Next to a dactyl or anapest, an Amphibrach will typically be perceived as an iamb (or trochee) plus an unrhythmical short syllable