How to pronounce droves in British English
“droves” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to droves the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “droves” in: all accents · American English (46 clips)
“droves” in real sentences — British speakers
54 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Fans keep turning up in droves.
The Scottish Parliament
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in droves and the situation is in crisis.
UK Parliament
Words that sound like “droves”
Words one sound away from droves — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “droves”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of droves. 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.