How to pronounce portrays

Listen to portrays 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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“portrays” in real sentences

161 clips in the index · 25 American · 7 British · 9 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.

  1. Achebe portrays okonqua precisely

    Interdisciplinary Studies Institute UMass Amherst · hear it here

  2. affirms, and subject it portrays.

    CrashCourse · hear it here

  3. of accurately portrays um portrays the community or at least uh you know you can't portray

    British Library · hear it here

  4. your voice portrays first of all it's very genuine but it portrays a guy who's actually

    The Diary Of A CEO · hear it here

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