How to pronounce festive
Listen to festive 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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“festive” in real sentences
375 clips in the index · 27 American · 253 British · 14 Australian · 6 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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and over the festive season?
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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and during the festive period?
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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unlikely sort of sweater uh festive you could practically say festive sweater and a sort of
British Library · hear it here
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And there was a festive spirit.
NIST · hear it here
Why real speech
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