How to pronounce lacks
Listen to lacks 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.
“lacks” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 160 American · 524 British · 17 Australian · 6 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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it lacks lived experience and it lacks intent.
60 Minutes · hear it here
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lacks an atmosphere so it lacks air for us to breathe.
The Royal Society · hear it here
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as I've said many times lacks integrity and it lacks leadership.
RNZ · hear it here
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council lacks other options.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of lacks. 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.