How to pronounce detest
Listen to detest 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.
“detest” in real sentences
53 clips in the index · 1 American · 12 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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And as she says, I detest finery.
British Library · hear it here
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I detest the Conservative Party’s position on that.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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we love as those we are tempted to dismiss and detest.
The School of Life · hear it here
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who are trying to do the right thing really actively detest greenwashing.
British Library · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of detest. 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.