How to pronounce platitudes
Listen to platitudes 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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“platitudes” in real sentences
129 clips in the index · 9 American · 65 British · 1 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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embrace cultural diversity platitudes.
Australian Human Rights Commission · hear it here
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themselves time with nice platitudes.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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presented with a menu of cliches and ready-made platitudes.
Big Think · hear it here
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He just reels off platitudes of of tolerance or values or whatever.
Channel 4 News · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of platitudes. 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.