How to pronounce overtures
Listen to overtures 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.
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“overtures” in real sentences
51 clips in the index · 18 American · 1 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Nevertheless, our diplomatic overtures remain.
State Department · hear it here
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facilitator or link between our overtures and the outcomes in the classroom.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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Iran has made overtures in the past about improving relations with the West.
Intelligence Squared · hear it here
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he made improper overtures to me to misconduct myself at half past four on the following
British Library · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of overtures. 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.