How to pronounce linen
Listen to linen 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.
“linen” in real sentences
210 clips in the index · 17 American · 23 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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yea, this white linen hence.
British Library · hear it here
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on the inside of a garment wool means wool cotton means cotton linen means linen polyamide
The Atlantic · hear it here
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of fine linen who doesn't love a bit of fine linen then we are just going
The Welsh Hunter · hear it here
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bed linen, clothes, crockery, cups and cutlery.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of linen. 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.