How to pronounce lain
Listen to lain 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.
“lain” in real sentences
54 clips in the index · 1 American · 23 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Letters that had lain unread for 200 years.
NIST · hear it here
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I have lain in prison for nearly two years…
The School of Life · hear it here
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that had lain frozen in permafrost for 40,000 years.
60 Minutes · hear it here
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around release—has legitimately lain with ministers or, indeed, the Parliament.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of lain. 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.