How to pronounce insist in American English
“insist” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to insist the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “insist” in: all accents · British English (330 clips)
“insist” in real sentences — American speakers
778 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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We insist on your dignity."
The Obama White House
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start to Kurt Kroenke: insist on it.
NIH
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I insist those responsible be held accountable.
Dept of Justice
Words that sound like “insist”
Words one sound away from insist — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “insist”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of insist. 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.