How to pronounce controversy
Listen to controversy 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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“controversy” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 186 American · 348 British · 1 Australian · 1 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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surrounded in controversy.
ABC News In-depth · hear it here
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have attracted huge controversy.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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from science is controversy.
The Royal Society · hear it here
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a controversy or scandal.
The Royal Institution · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of controversy. 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.