How to pronounce lest
Listen to lest 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.
“lest” in real sentences
243 clips in the index · 22 American · 38 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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be with us yet, Lest we forget, lest we forget.
The Atlantic · hear it here
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Lest anyone think it's an extreme thing.
The Diary Of A CEO · hear it here
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Lest you think that like corporations are newly evil.
CrashCourse · hear it here
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letting, lest they cause upset in the tight-knit town.
RNZ · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of lest. 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.