How to pronounce sails in American English
“sails” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to sails the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “sails” in: all accents · British English (28 clips)
“sails” in real sentences — American speakers
85 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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We have to readjust the sails.
The Obama White House
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Ship sails a few miles away.
Smithsonian Air & Space
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Uh this is sails, but automated.
Voice of America
Words that sound like “sails”
Words one sound away from sails — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “sails”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of sails. 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.