How to pronounce pits
Listen to pits 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.
“pits” in real sentences
325 clips in the index · 44 American · 90 British · 9 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Coal announced that there are 47 pits, you know, 57 pits
British Library · hear it here
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how the sexualization of women pits us pits us against one another.
The 92nd Street Y · hear it here
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in Parliament on stink pits.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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the pull pits of America.
Dept of Justice · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of pits. 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.