How to pronounce dam
Listen to dam 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.
“dam” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 641 American · 65 British · 205 Australian · 47 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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We have Kerr Lake Dam, Gaston Lake Dam, and then the dam at Roanoke Rapids.
US Fish & Wildlife Service · hear it here
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and we can see um dam filling and dam emptying events and uh dam you know
Geoscience Australia · hear it here
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down from the dam, 4.5 miles from the dam, 9 miles from the dam, and at
USGS · hear it here
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epistemic dam is collapsing.
ABC News In-depth · hear it here
Why real speech
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