How to pronounce lies
Listen to lies in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“lies” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 291 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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with essential processes lies with every e essential processes lies with every elected essential processes lies
Dept of Justice · watch from 25:23 · hear it here
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Ay, she lies down lightly, she lies not down to
Smithsonian Air & Space · watch from 23:28 · hear it here
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Therein lies the problem.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 62:56 · hear it here
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Therein lies the challenge.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 16:07 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of lies. 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.