How to pronounce persecute
Listen to persecute 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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“persecute” in real sentences
122 clips in the index · 10 American · 18 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Bless those who persecute you.
The Diary Of A CEO · hear it here
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Um I think there are present extreme forms of religion that persecute women and certainly persecute
Intelligence Squared · hear it here
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or who discriminate and persecute today.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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persecute those who have the least.
British Library · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of persecute. 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.