How to pronounce bend in British English
“bend” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to bend the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“bend” in real sentences — British speakers
84 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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If you just bend that microphone slightly toward yourself.
The Scottish Parliament
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to disagree and bend the course of that decision?
UK Parliament
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bend, she lunged towards it and was bowled over and trampled under its hooves.
UK Parliament
Words that sound like “bend”
Words one sound away from bend — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “bend”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of bend. 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.