How to pronounce oates
Listen to oates 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.
“oates” in real sentences
11 clips in the index · 35 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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leadership of the headteacher, Maura Oates, can be found in schools all over Scotland today.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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uh to introduce our speakers joyce carol oates patrice lawrence and chris fidel i have a
British Library · hear it here
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out as Hall and Oates um he was the handsome one obviously um my wife went
The Moth · hear it here
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whenever I think about Jane Eyre, I love what Joyce Carol Oates said about her, which
Penguin Books UK · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of oates. 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.