How to pronounce drives
Listen to drives in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“drives” in real sentences
971 clips in the index · 415 American · 556 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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Uh and that drives that drives the cost of the pricing.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 79:36 · hear it here
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actually drives the story.
Dept of Justice · watch from 4:59 · hear it here
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and drives economic growth.
UK Parliament · watch from 2:51 · hear it here
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instincts, emotions and drives.
NSF · watch from 1:22 · hear it here
Why real speech
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