How to pronounce roost in British English
“roost” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to roost the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“roost” in real sentences — British speakers
54 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Sturgeon, are now coming home to roost.
The Scottish Parliament
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Decades of failed UK energy and regulatory policy are coming home to roost.
UK Parliament
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Indeed, the failure to make progress at Ardrossan harbour is coming home to roost.
The Scottish Parliament
Words that sound like “roost”
Words one sound away from roost — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “roost”
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.