How to pronounce sakes
Listen to sakes 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.
“sakes” in real sentences
149 clips in the index · 23 American · 15 British · 1 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Rather gate for God's sakes.
60 Minutes · hear it here
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its staff this week, for goodness’ sakes.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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our sakes, and good luck with the book.
British Library · hear it here
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It is -- it is a visual feast for God sakes.
The Atlantic · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of sakes. 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.