How to pronounce ballad
Listen to ballad 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.
“ballad” in real sentences
88 clips in the index · 1 American · 10 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
-
You don't want to overproduce a ballad.
The 92nd Street Y · hear it here
-
murder, which had become the subject of a popular ballad.
CrashCourse · hear it here
-
writing, a poem, The Ballad of Reading Gaol, was published in 1898.
The School of Life · hear it here
-
was a body ballad singer he was also a prisoner of war with the Japanese during
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of ballad. 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.