How to pronounce hostage
Listen to hostage 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.
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“hostage” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 320 American · 110 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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deployed hostage miscarriage.
The Diary Of A CEO · hear it here
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people hostage and continue.
60 Minutes · hear it here
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Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs.
State Department · hear it here
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Government hostage to their demands.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of hostage. 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.