How to pronounce penal
Listen to penal 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.
“penal” in real sentences
360 clips in the index · 18 American · 249 British · 4 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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sentencing and penal policy.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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penal colony in which the ghastly official of the penal colony has created a machine that
How To Academy · hear it here
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in violation of penal code section 187.
60 Minutes Australia · hear it here
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it should govern penal policy but not actually sentencing
Intelligence Squared · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of penal. 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.