How to pronounce knives in American English
“knives” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to knives the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “knives” in: all accents · British English (251 clips)
“knives” in real sentences — American speakers
96 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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60 knives out of one mot shell woo has been making knives for 50 years in
Voice of America
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>> Conventional computers are like Swiss army knives.
NIST
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What kind of knives in the kitchen?
The Obama White House
Words that sound like “knives”
Words one sound away from knives — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
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.