How to pronounce makings

Listen to makings 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.

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“makings” in real sentences

103 clips in the index · 53 American · 16 British · 1 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.

  1. or the tractability of using rule makings FTC rule makings to advance or codify

    FTC · hear it here

  2. makings of a stable structure.

    CrashCourse · hear it here

  3. has been a long time in the makings.

    The 92nd Street Y · hear it here

  4. had all the makings of something marvelous but then

    Penguin Books UK · hear it here

Why real speech

A dictionary gives you one careful reading of makings. 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.

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