How to pronounce nearer
Listen to nearer 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.
“nearer” in real sentences
404 clips in the index · 37 American · 174 British · 6 Australian · 1 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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hour by hour and day by day nearer and nearer
Penguin Books UK · hear it here
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nearer to the thistle far nearer than it does now quite near my home.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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then as you get nearer and nearer a general election that the balance of that sort
UK Parliament · hear it here
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or which is nearer a nearer case if you had taught her from the dawn of
Intelligence Squared · hear it here
Why real speech
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