How to pronounce placid
Listen to placid 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.
“placid” in real sentences
89 clips in the index · 17 American · 11 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Its waters deceptively placid.
Channel 4 News · hear it here
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LAKE PLACID ICE HOCKEY TEAM.
The Atlantic · hear it here
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political discussion or a placid domestic scene."
UK Parliament · hear it here
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A group of sailors captured the placid birds.
The Royal Society · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of placid. 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.