How to pronounce motley
Listen to motley 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.
“motley” in real sentences
59 clips in the index · 7 American · 6 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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assembled a not-so-motley crew.
TED-Ed · hear it here
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School where he is an LDF Marshall Motley scholar.
Dept of Justice · hear it here
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So it's kind of like this motley crew of species.
Big Think · hear it here
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And she accrues this motley crew of misfits who help her on her journey.
British Library · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of motley. 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.