How to pronounce protracted
Listen to protracted 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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“protracted” in real sentences
344 clips in the index · 57 American · 156 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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a protracted operation here.
Channel 4 News · hear it here
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large-scale protracted wildfire incidents?
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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protracted struggle for the vote.
UK Parliament · hear it here
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high for a protracted period.
Federal Reserve · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of protracted. 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.