How to pronounce roost in American English
“roost” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to roost the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “roost” in: all accents · British English (54 clips)
“roost” in real sentences — American speakers
95 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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roost, and managing forests.
US Fish & Wildlife Service
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Like you mentioned, children do rule the roost.
The Obama White House
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It has not come home to roost in our communities, yet.
CDC
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.