How to pronounce adrift in American English
“adrift” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to adrift the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “adrift” in: all accents · British English (29 clips)
“adrift” in real sentences — American speakers
53 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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people are literally adrift.
The Obama White House
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people are literally adrift, people are alone.
Dept of Justice
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closely followed by loose B nuts and magneto parts coming adrift.
FAA
Words that sound like “adrift”
Words one sound away from adrift — 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 adrift. 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.