How to pronounce bolt
Listen to bolt 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.
“bolt” in real sentences
925 clips in the index · 339 American · 105 British · 18 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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in in a bolt like a like a bolt from the blue.
Oxford Union · hear it here
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And there's a similar There's a lightning bolt bolt in Jane Eyre.
British Library · hear it here
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bolt the next unicorn the next disrupter we have to be that lightning bolt
U.S. Air Force · hear it here
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bolt of adrenaline. Keep going.
60 Minutes · hear it here
Why real speech
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