How to pronounce avail
Listen to avail 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.
“avail” in real sentences
330 clips in the index · 79 American · 158 British · 5 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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avail itself of that facility?
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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some subset of data in order to avail themselves avail consumers of the the legal requirements
FTC · hear it here
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human, you should avail yourself of.
Smithsonian Air & Space · hear it here
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of fighting the fire, to no avail.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
Why real speech
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