How to pronounce downs in American English
“downs” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to downs the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “downs” in: all accents · British English (106 clips)
“downs” in real sentences — American speakers
381 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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and downs and fluctuations.
FAA
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downs as a background singer.
The Obama White House
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So they have thump downs.
Smithsonian Air & Space
Words that sound like “downs”
Words one sound away from downs — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “downs”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of downs. 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.