How to pronounce seventeen

Listen to seventeen 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.

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“seventeen” in real sentences

370 clips in the index · 177 American · 42 British · 4 Australian · 10 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.

  1. seventeen seventeen she kind of uh uh looks you in the eyes then looks away and

    Mark Kilfoil · hear it here

  2. that there are seventeen thousand three hundred more doctors and over seventeen thousand more nurses on

    UK Parliament · hear it here

  3. I can’t play seventeen anymore.

    CrashCourse · hear it here

  4. Seventeen hearings have been canceled to date.

    State Department · hear it here

Why real speech

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