How to pronounce retired
Listen to retired in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
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“retired” in real sentences
827 clips in the index · 405 American · 422 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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Gemma Fay, retired international footballer; and Connie Ramsay, retired Commonwealth judo champion.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 1:38 · hear it here
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time i was retired at the time i thought not doing very well retired
NASA · watch from 33:18 · hear it here
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nursery consultant and retired forest service employee. Tom retired in 2004 after almost 30
USDA · watch from 0:33 · hear it here
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retired, aged 60, in 1939.
UK Parliament · watch from 11:02 · hear it here
Why real speech
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