How to pronounce pensive
Listen to pensive 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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“pensive” in real sentences
50 clips in the index · 1 American · 1 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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(graphic rustling) (pensive music)
Big Think · hear it here
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distillery in Newport, Kentucky, called Pensive Distilling.
The White House · hear it here
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>> subject in the painting appears The pensive and contemplative.
60 Minutes · hear it here
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you see these pensive and emotional scenes of people landing in new plymouth beginning a new
British Library · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of pensive. 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.