How to pronounce knives
Listen to knives 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.
“knives” in real sentences
765 clips in the index · 44 American · 251 British · 1 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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We have legislated to ban dangerous knives, including zombie knives.
UK Parliament · hear it here
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weapons, including knives?
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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where people are you know possessing knives and and using knives.
10 Downing Street · hear it here
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combat knives in his bag.
60 Minutes Australia · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of knives. 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.