How to pronounce backwater
Listen to backwater 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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“backwater” in real sentences
100 clips in the index · 17 American · 13 British · 1 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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It was always a backwater.
The 92nd Street Y · hear it here
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it's a hopeless backwater.'
The Royal Society · hear it here
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This is a kind of a backwater economic backwater of China uh back then and even
Big Think · hear it here
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We were a backwater in comparison.
Oxford Union · hear it here
Why real speech
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