Clips need JavaScript: the YouTube player has to be driven from the page. The sentences with allay below are plain text.

How to pronounce allay in American English

“allay” pronunciation by American speakers

Listen to allay the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.

“allay” in real sentences — American speakers

33 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.

  1. And we are working to allay those concerns and to discuss

    The Obama White House

  2. Unfortunately, we did still find it very difficult to allay everybody's concerns.

    CDC

  3. in its host year manage to allay concerns that the group could splinter along geopolitical

    State Department

Words that sound like “allay”

Words one sound away from allay — 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 allay. 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.

Nearby words

All words starting with A →