How to pronounce boat
Listen to boat in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“boat” in real sentences
981 clips in the index · 597 American · 384 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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the boat straight back yeah
UK Parliament · watch from 29:15 · hear it here
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He called his boat Braveheart.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 123:18 · hear it here
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Bowsher got off the boat.
GAO · watch from 55:06 · hear it here
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engine and rescue boat simultaneously.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 42:35 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of boat. 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.