How to pronounce punitive
Listen to punitive 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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“punitive” in real sentences
949 clips in the index · 159 American · 506 British · 23 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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So should we expect something more punitive, a punitive move?
State Department · hear it here
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about punitive practices.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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He was incredibly punitive.
Intelligence Squared · hear it here
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as punitive import tariffs.
The School of Life · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of punitive. 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.