How to pronounce rest
Listen to rest in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“rest” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 1000 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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the rest of his in ski the j rest of his in ski the justice rest
Dept of Justice · watch from 4:06 · hear it here
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rest of the UK and, crucially, to the rest of the world.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 26:12 · hear it here
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"the rest is commentary."
NIST · watch from 17:22 · hear it here
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and TIGERweb REST Services.
Census Bureau · watch from 1:10 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of rest. 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.