How to pronounce desolation
Listen to desolation 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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“desolation” in real sentences
80 clips in the index · 16 American · 1 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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but disappointment and desolation."
DCCEEW · hear it here
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- And Buzz Aldrin said, "Magnificent desolation."
Smithsonian Air & Space · hear it here
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full up with statements like desolation, narrow escape.
The Royal Institution · hear it here
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But we felt this grief and desolation, and Buxton articulated it perfectly.
British Library · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of desolation. 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.