How to pronounce leaves
Listen to leaves in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“leaves” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 487 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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leaves no stone unturned?
UK Parliament · watch from 29:39 · hear it here
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That leaves Oliver Mundell.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 11:03 · hear it here
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leaves the organ at the data which leaves Trotta is only ever going to
FTC · watch from 130:40 · hear it here
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These are nice healthy leaves.
USDA · watch from 2:33 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of leaves. 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.