How to pronounce controversial

Listen to controversial in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.

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“controversial” in real sentences

807 clips in the index · 214 American · 593 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.

  1. controversial investment.

    The Scottish Parliament · watch from 79:40 · hear it here

  2. a particularly controversial idea..'

    UK Parliament · watch from 18:35 · hear it here

  3. would be controversial of course we had no idea how controversial because we invited

    Dept of Justice · watch from 38:39 · hear it here

  4. happen-would not be controversial.

    Federal Reserve · watch from 13:40 · hear it here

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