How to pronounce dead
Listen to dead in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“dead” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 550 American · 695 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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dying, if I am dead, as dead I well may
Smithsonian Air & Space · watch from 84:58 · hear it here
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So photoreceptors are dead.
NIST · watch from 13:53 · hear it here
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would be better off dead.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 154:16 · hear it here
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Basically, the viruses are dead.
NIH · watch from 5:45 · hear it here
Why real speech
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