How to pronounce shades
Listen to shades 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.
“shades” in real sentences
551 clips in the index · 135 American · 52 British · 13 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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So I went and bought five shades of red, five shades of orange, five shades of
The 92nd Street Y · hear it here
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Oh my, I have shades of uh shades of deja vu.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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different shades of grey.
NIST · hear it here
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The varying shades of blue represent flood depth, with darker shades signifying deeper water.
FEMA · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of shades. 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.