How to pronounce alleys
Listen to alleys 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.
“alleys” in real sentences
93 clips in the index · 5 American · 7 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Our opponents have proposed several dark alleys.
Oxford Union · hear it here
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But large quantities change hands in back alleys.
60 Minutes · hear it here
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It has great Sri Lankan food, all those bowling alleys.
The 92nd Street Y · hear it here
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physicists and and medics can maybe run into a couple of um blind alleys um and
The Royal Institution · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of alleys. 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.