How to pronounce retire
Listen to retire 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.
“retire” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 356 American · 413 British · 15 Australian · 1 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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unless they retire. Some people will retire.
Federal Reserve · hear it here
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younger too young to retire too young to retire
FAA · hear it here
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them, where she wanted him to retire, he refused to retire.
The 92nd Street Y · hear it here
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you retire at least until the last few years if you retire with very
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
Why real speech
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