How to pronounce backfire
Listen to backfire 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.
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“backfire” in real sentences
187 clips in the index · 15 American · 14 British · 1 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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message that might backfire.
60 Minutes Australia · hear it here
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This will, unfortunately, backfire.
Oxford Union · hear it here
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angry man that could backfire?
Channel 4 News · hear it here
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>> it also backfire on Republicans?
The Atlantic · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of backfire. 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.