How to pronounce lasts
Listen to lasts 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.
“lasts” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 287 American · 143 British · 17 Australian · 4 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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lasts and lasts for a long time.
Australian Human Rights Commission · hear it here
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lasts for a little while.
The Diary Of A CEO · hear it here
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lasts for about 30 seconds.
Big Think · hear it here
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registration lasts for three years?
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of lasts. 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.