How to pronounce cranks
Listen to cranks 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.
“cranks” in real sentences
59 clips in the index · 17 American · 12 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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But when the Merlin cranks up or that R-28 cranks up, it's a special event for
Smithsonian Air & Space · hear it here
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Aristarchus and a few cranks on the margins.
The Royal Institution · hear it here
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A boy cranks the reel on his fishing rod.
National Park Service · hear it here
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Presiding Officer, talking about cranks, I will take an intervention.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of cranks. 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.