How to pronounce rigorous

Listen to rigorous in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.

Open all results for “rigorous”

“rigorous” in real sentences

799 clips in the index · 366 American · 433 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.

  1. Not scientifically rigorous.

    CDC · watch from 33:41 · hear it here

  2. the rigorous operating conditions.

    NTSB · watch from 22:50 · hear it here

  3. It advances through rigorous skepticism.

    The Scottish Parliament · watch from 99:57 · hear it here

  4. even as exams become more rigorous.

    UK Parliament · watch from 48:59 · hear it here

Why real speech

A dictionary gives you one careful reading of rigorous. 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.

More words