How to pronounce alley
Listen to alley 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.
“alley” in real sentences
425 clips in the index · 121 American · 15 British · 1 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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>> goes through that alley.
60 Minutes Australia · hear it here
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- That's right up my alley.
Smithsonian Air & Space · hear it here
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I have no alley left to breathe.
The 92nd Street Y · hear it here
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produce tornadoes up in this alley here.
USGS · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of alley. 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.