How to pronounce drains
Listen to drains 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.
“drains” in real sentences
341 clips in the index · 99 American · 59 British · 45 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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drains, open bore drains.
DCCEEW · hear it here
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drains and man-made ditches.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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down this river that drains into the sea here that drains the channel this is the
Marine Geosciences · hear it here
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it doesn't excite me and it drains my energy it drains my Creative Energy but if
The Diary Of A CEO · hear it here
Why real speech
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