How to pronounce forbes
Listen to forbes in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“forbes” in real sentences
879 clips in the index · 87 American · 792 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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>> Supplementary, Kate Forbes.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 17:41 · hear it here
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>> Susan Forbes Martin: Yes.
GAO · watch from 11:33 · hear it here
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Brandon: I’m Brandon Forbes.
USGS · watch from 0:37 · hear it here
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Rightly, Kate Forbes mentioned wildfires.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 123:19 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of forbes. 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.