How to pronounce sail
Listen to sail 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.
“sail” in real sentences
866 clips in the index · 135 American · 151 British · 6 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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In that case, build three ships and sail sail west.
60 Minutes Australia · hear it here
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It's a sail, like a sail on a sailing ship.
The Royal Institution · hear it here
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the strait would sail near Iran, and ships leaving the strait would sail near
PBS NewsHour · hear it here
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economic benefit will sail past.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of sail. 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.