How to pronounce maroon
Listen to maroon 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.
“maroon” in real sentences
175 clips in the index · 130 American · 1 British · 1 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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We had a gold move and maroon.
The Moth · hear it here
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a backhander and sent off to Maroon.
60 Minutes Australia · hear it here
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And finally in the maroon are the results from Guinea.
CDC · hear it here
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to the maroon slave that stands in downtown Port-au-Prince.
EMPAC | Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center at Rensselaer · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of maroon. 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.