How to pronounce floodgates
Listen to floodgates 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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“floodgates” in real sentences
144 clips in the index · 13 American · 32 British · 5 Australian · 1 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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The floodgates have opened.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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is you open up the floodgates.
The Atlantic · hear it here
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this does open up the floodgates.
Channel 4 News · hear it here
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The floodgates of nerditude have swung wide open.
TED · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of floodgates. 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.