How to pronounce grains
Listen to grains 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.
“grains” in real sentences
942 clips in the index · 208 American · 49 British · 162 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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grains and in the pockets between the grains.
The Royal Institution · hear it here
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By grains, I don't mean refined grains.
The Diary Of A CEO · hear it here
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oldest grains in the world, or fonio, for example -- old, old grains.
TED · hear it here
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it disappears quickly into the pores between the grains, between sand grains.
GeoscienceAustralia · hear it here
Why real speech
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