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How to pronounce prose in American English

“prose” pronunciation by American speakers

Listen to prose the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.

“prose” in real sentences — American speakers

40 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.

  1. called Politics and Prose.

    The Obama White House

  2. It's hard to go from experience to prose.

    US Fish & Wildlife Service

  3. not charge has always been an executive decision and yet and yet and prose prosecutors reach

    House Judiciary Committee

Words that sound like “prose”

Words one sound away from prose — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.

Why real speech

A dictionary gives you one careful reading of prose. 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.

Nearby words

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