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.

  1. Gemma Fay, retired international footballer; and Connie Ramsay, retired Commonwealth judo champion.

    The Scottish Parliament · watch from 1:38 · hear it here

  2. time i was retired at the time i thought not doing very well retired

    NASA · watch from 33:18 · hear it here

  3. nursery consultant and retired forest service employee. Tom retired in 2004 after almost 30

    USDA · watch from 0:33 · hear it here

  4. retired, aged 60, in 1939.

    UK Parliament · watch from 11:02 · hear it here

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