How to pronounce generous

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“generous” in real sentences

1000+ clips in the index · 181 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.

  1. Secretary, for an extraordinarily generous – those extraordinarily generous remarks.

    State Department · watch from 25:41 · hear it here

  2. generous through reforms.

    The Scottish Parliament · watch from 127:12 · hear it here

  3. more generous than appropriate,

    Dept of Justice · watch from 7:24 · hear it here

  4. That's incredibly generous.

    NIH · watch from 1:03 · hear it here

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