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.
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controversial investment.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 79:40 · hear it here
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a particularly controversial idea..'
UK Parliament · watch from 18:35 · hear it here
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would be controversial of course we had no idea how controversial because we invited
Dept of Justice · watch from 38:39 · hear it here
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happen-would not be controversial.
Federal Reserve · watch from 13:40 · hear it here
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