How to pronounce despair
Listen to despair 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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“despair” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 81 American · 380 British · 19 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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despair loop. You despair loop, right?
The Atlantic · hear it here
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of despair is despair in that belief.
The 92nd Street Y · hear it here
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Despair but do so cheerfully, believe in cheerful despair.
The School of Life · hear it here
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emotionally take me through the range utter despair utter despair um on
The Diary Of A CEO · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of despair. 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.