How to pronounce loaves
Listen to loaves 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.
“loaves” in real sentences
71 clips in the index · 11 American · 14 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Hundreds of loaves of bread.
British Library · hear it here
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Loaves and Fishes was set up over 30 years ago.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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We're running about probably 200 loaves of bread a day.
ABC News In-depth · hear it here
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For Annette and husband Brian, it's loaves and fishes time.
60 Minutes Australia · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of loaves. 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.