How to pronounce droves in American English
“droves” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to droves the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “droves” in: all accents · British English (54 clips)
“droves” in real sentences — American speakers
46 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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were heading to the polls in droves.
The Obama White House
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In fact, they flocked to Hansa in droves.
Dept of Justice
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– trucks mired in melting Permafrost and giant mosquitoes dive-bombed in droves.
National Park Service
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.