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How to pronounce pliers

“pliers” pronunciation in American and British English

Listen to pliers 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.

“pliers” in real sentences

187 clips in the index · 7 American · 1 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.

  1. spiny thing out with pliers.

    Talks at Google

  2. of pliers and a good time.

    PBS NewsHour

  3. your rounded pliers might help too.

    Morgan Donner

  4. uh then we've got our needle nose pliers here the needle nose pliers will allow us

    L Hub

Words that sound like “pliers”

Words one sound away from pliers — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.

Why real speech

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