How to pronounce peruse

Listen to peruse 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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“peruse” in real sentences

62 clips in the index · 31 American · 9 British · 4 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.

  1. Let’s peruse the entire page.

    CrashCourse · hear it here

  2. ...They are welcome to peruse those at their leisure.

    Census Bureau · hear it here

  3. the cabinet secretary, who I know takes these things extremely seriously, to peruse for himself.

    The Scottish Parliament · hear it here

  4. to peruse what information was available and how to interpret it and really in those early

    Australian Academy of Science · hear it here

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