How to pronounce kilter
Listen to kilter 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.
“kilter” in real sentences
155 clips in the index · 8 American · 86 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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delicate balances off-kilter.
TED-Ed · hear it here
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the situation can be out of kilter.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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difficult childhoods render them enchantingly off kilter.
The School of Life · hear it here
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They can tighten financial conditions and knock the economy off kilter.
Federal Reserve · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of kilter. 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.