How to pronounce life

Listen to life in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.

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“life” in real sentences

1000+ clips in the index · 1000 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.

  1. life my life really user my life my life really fell apart y user my life

    Dept of Justice · watch from 6:24 · hear it here

  2. life-changing, life-saving.

    GAO · watch from 13:16 · hear it here

  3. in a sense of work life, home life, personal life.

    Dept of Labor · watch from 2:46 · hear it here

  4. better life, or of life itself.

    The Scottish Parliament · watch from 22:57 · hear it here

Why real speech

A dictionary gives you one careful reading of life. 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.

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