How to pronounce akin
Listen to akin 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.
“akin” in real sentences
745 clips in the index · 132 American · 249 British · 10 Australian · 1 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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The CBC's Akin Clarkin Akin, live in Windsor, Ontario.
CBC News · hear it here
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akin to Damascene conversion.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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that was akin to marriage.
Intelligence Squared · hear it here
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kind of political courage is akin to not equivalent to but akin to what we saw
The Atlantic · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of akin. 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.