How to pronounce pound
Listen to pound in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“pound” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 222 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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pound overall limit the 250 million pound resource drawdown limit and 100 million pound Capital drawdown
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 43:45 · hear it here
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pound spent one pound forty came back one pound 48 came back to the Treasury so
UK Parliament · watch from 106:46 · hear it here
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those three pound coins completely different coins from the five pound?
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 73:26 · hear it here
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pound bird anymore, we're going to grow a nine pound bird.
Dept of Justice · watch from 72:56 · hear it here
Why real speech
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