How to pronounce aloft
Listen to aloft 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.
“aloft” in real sentences
101 clips in the index · 53 American · 7 British · 1 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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held aloft the European cup.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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on the top of a pannier with a, you know, flag aloft or an umbrella aloft,
British Library · hear it here
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to remain aloft in our atmosphere.
The Diary Of A CEO · hear it here
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force, called lift, to stay aloft.
TED-Ed · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of aloft. 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.