How to pronounce key in American English
“key” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to key the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“key” in real sentences — American speakers
1,000+ clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Valerie Jarrett: In key. Anna Smith: In key, yeah.
The Obama White House
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was the key, just like with the 47 percent that was a key.
National Archives
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so that that will be key to our those will be key to our
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Words that sound like “key”
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Other forms of “key”
Why real speech
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