How to pronounce illustrious
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“illustrious” in real sentences
273 clips in the index · 52 American · 42 British · 7 Australian · 1 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Quite illustrious company.
NIST · hear it here
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to such an illustrious group.
State Department · hear it here
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illustrious um most illustrious Taunton Literary Festival um have you been to the Taunton Literary Festival
British Library · hear it here
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didn't have the most illustrious education
Intelligence Squared · hear it here
Why real speech
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