How to pronounce heightened in American English
“heightened” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to heightened the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “heightened” in: all accents · British English (266 clips)
“heightened” in real sentences — American speakers
571 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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state of heightened fragility.
National Archives
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So the tone and heightened
The Obama White House
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THE COUNTRIES ARE SO HEIGHTENED.
NASA
Words that sound like “heightened”
Words one sound away from heightened — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “heightened”
Why real speech
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