How to pronounce formalities
Listen to formalities 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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“formalities” in real sentences
93 clips in the index · 11 American · 34 British · 12 Australian · 1 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Oh wait, the formalities.
Oxford Union · hear it here
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perform the formalities lecture nineteen
Deepak Vaid · hear it here
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Um just to go through the formalities.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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And once the formalities had been completed, we all began to chat,
US National Archives · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of formalities. 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.