How to pronounce parenthesis

Listen to parenthesis 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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“parenthesis” in real sentences

146 clips in the index · 15 American · 6 British · 1 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.

  1. This little weird parenthesis, email, comma, parenthesis.

    freeCodeCamp.org · hear it here

  2. with the word 'group', open parenthesis, 'P5', and close parenthesis.

    Census Bureau · hear it here

  3. in parenthesis parents they see

    The 92nd Street Y · hear it here

  4. to go negative 4 parenthesis negative 5 minus 5 parentheses negative 5 minus 2 parenthesis negative

    Mr. Powell's House of Math · hear it here

Why real speech

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