How to pronounce forbid
Listen to forbid 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.
“forbid” in real sentences
579 clips in the index · 77 American · 61 British · 7 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Or God forbid, Habbo Hotel.
TED · hear it here
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God forbid the outbreak grows.
CDC · hear it here
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learn how to paint, but God forbid, or something forbid that you had to pass an
The Royal Institution · hear it here
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you said, "God forbid, I would never want this artillery shell to land, god forbid, on
The 92nd Street Y · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of forbid. 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.