How to pronounce lives
Listen to lives in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“lives” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 1000 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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change lives and save lives.
Dept of Justice · watch from 14:34 · hear it here
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IT LIVES ON IN OUR DAILY LIVES.
National Archives · watch from 32:14 · hear it here
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lead successful lives—successful, law-abiding lives.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 35:01 · hear it here
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lose their lives. Others lose their lives.
NTSB · watch from 132:59 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of lives. 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.