How to pronounce pretend
Listen to pretend 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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“pretend” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 286 American · 742 British · 22 Australian · 3 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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pretend that they were selling white or pretend that they were pimping hoes or pretend they
Oxford Union · hear it here
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with pretend this is your Brig pretend you're the team behind and pretend you're whoever's killing
Coach Eon · hear it here
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We pretend your apologies.
British Library · hear it here
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pretend regulation is costless.
Dept of Justice · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of pretend. 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.