How to pronounce bait
Listen to bait 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.
“bait” in real sentences
587 clips in the index · 141 American · 36 British · 6 Australian · 1 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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argument, not click bait.
The School of Life · hear it here
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bait to pull out coronavirus.
The Royal Society · hear it here
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The swimmers are bait minky bait hanging off a rope to attract this incredible animal.
60 Minutes Australia · hear it here
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overhead and they dropped the bait and in little parachutes each little bait had a little
The Royal Institution · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of bait. 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.