How to pronounce porous
Listen to porous 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.
“porous” in real sentences
242 clips in the index · 38 American · 14 British · 49 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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They have porous boundaries.
The Atlantic · hear it here
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more porous to the world.
Big Think · hear it here
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very porous environment, very open.
NIH · hear it here
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Well, probably in salt caverns or porous rocks.
GeoscienceAustralia · hear it here
Why real speech
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