How to pronounce fails
Listen to fails in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“fails” in real sentences
950 clips in the index · 259 American · 691 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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When social care fails, the NHS fails.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 27:20 · hear it here
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costs when diplomacy fails.
State Department · watch from 2:45 · hear it here
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A corporate culture that fails to hold individuals accountable, or fails to invest in compliance —
Dept of Justice · watch from 7:03 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of fails. 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.