How to pronounce metaphor

Listen to metaphor 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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“metaphor” in real sentences

1000+ clips in the index · 126 American · 117 British · 16 Australian · 1 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.

  1. metaphor all the a baseball metaphor.

    The Atlantic · hear it here

  2. you forget that a metaphor is just a metaphor.

    The Royal Institution · hear it here

  3. sunniness and that's like you know metaphor alert metaphor alert metaphor alert and so and so

    How To Academy · hear it here

  4. A great, motivational metaphor…

    CrashCourse · hear it here

Why real speech

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