How to pronounce afloat
Listen to afloat 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.
“afloat” in real sentences
335 clips in the index · 65 American · 111 British · 6 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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keep American businesses afloat.
PBS NewsHour · hear it here
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struggling to stay afloat.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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taxes to keep everything afloat.
CrashCourse · hear it here
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afloat for as long as possible.
The 92nd Street Y · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of afloat. 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.