How to pronounce detritus
Listen to detritus 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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“detritus” in real sentences
50 clips in the index · 10 American · 10 British · 1 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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depositional areas covered with a layer of detritus.
US Fish & Wildlife Service · hear it here
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We fill tips with the detritus of our lives.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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and things that are the detritus of free speech.
TED · hear it here
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This is the This detritus from burning all this material.
60 Minutes · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of detritus. 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.