How to pronounce buts
Listen to buts 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.
“buts” in real sentences
133 clips in the index · 4 American · 85 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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(sputtering sounds) - No buts!
Penguin Books UK · hear it here
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lights out, no ifs ands or buts.
The School of Life · hear it here
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There is no ifs or buts about it.
Channel 4 News · hear it here
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945.]No ifs, no buts: an unequivocal pledge.
UK Parliament · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of buts. 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.