How to pronounce pretends
Listen to pretends 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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“pretends” in real sentences
206 clips in the index · 9 American · 70 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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and the prime minister pretends he pretends he's no alternative but to hammer working people with
UK Parliament · hear it here
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No one-day-old baby pretends anything.
The Diary Of A CEO · hear it here
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who pretends to be boss in this world
The Royal Society · hear it here
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She pretends to be the dictator of Russia.
Intelligence Squared · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of pretends. 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.