How to pronounce abstention
Listen to abstention in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
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“abstention” in real sentences
117 clips in the index · 18 American · 90 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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((Crosstalk)) (Unintelligible) abstention.
Census Bureau · hear it here
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There was one abstention.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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Any specific comment to their abstention?
State Department · hear it here
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>> So, we have 13 yeses and one abstention.
CDC · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of abstention. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.