How to pronounce mercenary
Listen to mercenary 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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“mercenary” in real sentences
341 clips in the index · 15 American · 9 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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professional mercenary, even.
Stonetop · hear it here
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a professional mercenary.
Oxford Union · hear it here
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and mercenary in his marriage.
The Atlantic · hear it here
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pipe cruelty and mercenary sensibility.
The Diary Of A CEO · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of mercenary. 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.