How to pronounce river
Listen to river in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“river” 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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a river is the Farmington River Quilt Project.
National Park Service · watch from 4:46 · hear it here
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River where it flows into the Missouri River the White River of course carries a lot
NASA · watch from 7:50 · hear it here
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River Indian community of the Gila River Indian Reservation alone.
Census Bureau · watch from 32:24 · hear it here
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along the Anacostia River.
NTSB · watch from 2:44 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of river. 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.