How to pronounce paltry
Listen to paltry 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.
“paltry” in real sentences
91 clips in the index · 10 American · 71 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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UK are paltry in comparison.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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is still pretty damn paltry.
Smithsonian Air & Space · hear it here
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Scientists and geneticists recommended 750 to 1,000, not a paltry 320.
US Fish & Wildlife Service · hear it here
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will do far more than that paltry agenda he has set out.
UK Parliament · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of paltry. 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.