How to pronounce sake
Listen to sake in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“sake” in real sentences
954 clips in the index · 171 American · 783 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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own sake and the sake of generations to come.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 68:22 · hear it here
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sake of unalienable rights.
State Department · watch from 38:30 · hear it here
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sake of principle, I ask it to do so for the sake of people:
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 60:47 · hear it here
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can you know for the sake of of scholarship and for the sake of
Voice of America · watch from 5:12 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of sake. 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.