How to pronounce hither
Listen to hither 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.
“hither” in real sentences
85 clips in the index · 4 American · 24 British · 6 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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hither to unknown rights.
RNZ · hear it here
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was hither too more normal than it became.
UK Parliament · hear it here
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very significant structural holes that I had hither to been unaware of.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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He sung out to his offsider and he said, "I say come hither."
Australian Human Rights Commission · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of hither. 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.