How to pronounce bow in American English
“bow” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to bow the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “bow” in: all accents · British English (166 clips)
“bow” in real sentences — American speakers
469 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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bow ba bow wah ♪ What the hell are you talking about?
Smithsonian Air & Space
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Aidan Robinson: Violin bow.
The Obama White House
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Tule Springs bow, you know.
National Park Service
Words that sound like “bow”
Words one sound away from bow — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “bow”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of bow. 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.