How to pronounce play
Listen to play in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“play” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 1000 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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I play the guitar and I play a lot.
Federal Reserve · watch from 29:26 · hear it here
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could collective redress play does play or should play in these areas which I think ties
FTC · watch from 67:58 · hear it here
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you play angry birds most of you play angry birds okay so if you play angry
Smithsonian Air & Space · watch from 55:51 · hear it here
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easy to play if you play guitar you can play the sitar Mr Bell demonstrates recording
National Archives · watch from 5:22 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of play. 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.