How to pronounce refuse in American English
“refuse” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to refuse the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “refuse” in: all accents · British English (890 clips)
“refuse” in real sentences — American speakers
726 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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It infuriates them that we refuse to bend, refuse to change, refuse to yield to fear.
The Obama White House
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members all refuse to acknowledge.
CDC
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of this plan, should they refuse?
State Department
Words that sound like “refuse”
Words one sound away from refuse — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “refuse”
Why real speech
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