How to pronounce graves
Listen to graves 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.
“graves” in real sentences
572 clips in the index · 115 American · 90 British · 16 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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New graves are everywhere.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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I much enjoy Robert Graves.
British Library · hear it here
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actually than Graves, I think.
How To Academy · hear it here
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Over graves of American fallen.
PBS NewsHour · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of graves. 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.