How to pronounce abstinence in American English
“abstinence” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to abstinence the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “abstinence” in: all accents · British English (153 clips)
“abstinence” in real sentences — American speakers
255 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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craving during abstinence.
NIH
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the incentives abstinence versus 1%.
The Obama White House
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birth defects, and neonatal abstinence syndrome.
CDC
Words that sound like “abstinence”
Words one sound away from abstinence — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of abstinence. 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.