How to pronounce colliery
Listen to colliery 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.
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“colliery” in real sentences
72 clips in the index · 48 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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For every one job in the colliery, you had four jobs outside of the colliery.
British Library · hear it here
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villages of Easington Colliery, Horden and Blackhall.
UK Parliament · hear it here
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caused by an underground fire at the Michael colliery in Fife.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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were ineligible for rations and they were expected to work at the colliery
British Library · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of colliery. 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.