How to pronounce embankment
Listen to embankment 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.
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“embankment” in real sentences
99 clips in the index · 35 American · 14 British · 5 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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and struck the embankment as the vehicle partially ascended the embankment it rotated clockwise leading to
NTSB · hear it here
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a big embankment on either side there was no embankment at the time Charles Barry when
UK Parliament · hear it here
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Now, by the way, in those days, the embankment wasn't running, the embankment wasn't even there.
British Library · hear it here
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His truck went down the embankment and it exploded.
PBS NewsHour · hear it here
Why real speech
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