How to pronounce oily
Listen to oily 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.
“oily” in real sentences
187 clips in the index · 14 American · 20 British · 1 Australian · 1 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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the smell of an oily rag.
60 Minutes Australia · hear it here
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And then it got oily, I know.
The Royal Institution · hear it here
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as much, you have better oily skin.
The Diary Of A CEO · hear it here
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rained, our faces felt oily and everything turned black.
Channel 4 News · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of oily. 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.