How to pronounce lilies
Listen to lilies 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.
“lilies” in real sentences
61 clips in the index · 1 British · 5 Australian · 1 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Consider the lilies of the field.
Intelligence Squared · hear it here
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rushes and lilies springing to life.
DCCEEW · hear it here
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walls of papyrus, submerged trees, and lilies.
60 Minutes · hear it here
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was not clothed as beautifully as these lilies."
Institute for Religion and Science at CHC · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of lilies. 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.