How to pronounce hostages
Listen to hostages 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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“hostages” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 700 American · 336 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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hostages, including the seven American hostages.
State Department · hear it here
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Gaza, hospitals, hostages.
TED · hear it here
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>> brother died rescuing hostages.
60 Minutes · hear it here
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hostages—cannot be supported.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of hostages. 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.