How to pronounce assent
Listen to assent 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.
“assent” in real sentences
430 clips in the index · 27 American · 353 British · 6 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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>> Ian Blackford indicated assent.
UK Parliament · hear it here
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Rwanda Bill gets royal assent.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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than six months after royal assent.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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assent was 1708, 318 years ago.
Oxford Union · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of assent. 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.