How to pronounce detour
Listen to detour 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.
“detour” in real sentences
449 clips in the index · 33 American · 43 British · 9 Australian · 17 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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As local authorities can't afford another constitutional detour detour.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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detour, brief parentheses.
State Department · hear it here
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detour and we didn't know how long that detour was going to be.
60 Minutes · hear it here
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>> that's quite a detour.
The 92nd Street Y · hear it here
Why real speech
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