How to pronounce famine
Listen to famine 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.
“famine” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 137 American · 190 British · 12 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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on the famine during the famine uh great famine from Ireland.
The 92nd Street Y · hear it here
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Famine has been declared.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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famine, across the world.
State Department · hear it here
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had feasts and famine experiences and during famine infant mortality would be higher so
British Library · hear it here
Why real speech
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