How to pronounce grand
Listen to grand in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“grand” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 873 American · 428 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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But that was a grand, a grand tour.
Smithsonian Air & Space · watch from 31:12 · hear it here
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the Jeep Grand Cherokees.
State Department · watch from 2:10 · hear it here
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Grand Portage in Minnesota.
National Park Service · watch from 3:04 · hear it here
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grand scheme of emissions.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 37:58 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of grand. 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.