How to pronounce only
Listen to only in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“only” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 1000 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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greens Mr Speaker there's only there's only there's only there's only one person there's only one
UK Parliament · watch from 7:42 · hear it here
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Only a small num Only a small number of Only a small number of perpetrato Only
Dept of Justice · watch from 6:22 · hear it here
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only, only a one-tenth change.
Federal Reserve · watch from 31:50 · hear it here
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Riverine only, 2. Coastal only, 3.
FEMA · watch from 2:11 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of only. 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.