How to pronounce respectable
Listen to respectable 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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“respectable” in real sentences
610 clips in the index · 57 American · 56 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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perfectly respectable hydra.
The Royal Institution · hear it here
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Perfectly respectable fair.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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respectable scientific subject.
The 92nd Street Y · hear it here
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both monstrous and respectable.
British Library · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of respectable. 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.