How to pronounce listens in American English
“listens” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to listens the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “listens” in: all accents · British English (249 clips)
“listens” in real sentences — American speakers
298 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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He listens; he asks questions and then he listens.
State Department
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and behold, Congress listens.
The Obama White House
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Northrup listens to your feedback.
FAA
Words that sound like “listens”
Words one sound away from listens — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “listens”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of listens. 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.