How to pronounce hotbed
Listen to hotbed 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.
“hotbed” in real sentences
60 clips in the index · 16 American · 11 British · 1 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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the once hotbed of civil war, Syria.
PBS NewsHour · hear it here
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Bellshill ranks alone as Scotland’s great sporting hotbed.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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been a hotbed for human trafficking for many years.
Dept of Justice · hear it here
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This particular area is a real hotbed for seismicity.
USGS · hear it here
Why real speech
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