How to pronounce holmes
Listen to holmes 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.
“holmes” in real sentences
593 clips in the index · 112 American · 79 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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>> Played Sherlock Holmes.
British Library · hear it here
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Doug Holmes Doug Holmes is the mayor of the District of Summerland.
CBC News · hear it here
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Holmes, please unmute yourself.
State Department · hear it here
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Paul Holmes (Eastleigh) (Con) 12.
UK Parliament · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of holmes. 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.