How to pronounce roost
Listen to roost 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.
“roost” in real sentences
217 clips in the index · 81 American · 54 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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roost, and managing forests.
US Fish & Wildlife Service · hear it here
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Sturgeon, are now coming home to roost.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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the chickens coming home to roost in Pakistan.
The Atlantic · hear it here
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So these policies are starting to come home to roost.
CBC News · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of roost. 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.