How to pronounce shapes
Listen to shapes 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.
“shapes” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 533 American · 217 British · 100 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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and and it shapes shapes me.
British Library · hear it here
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shapes and others form more rounded shapes the environment can influence these shapes
NASA Video · hear it here
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They're shapes, but they're unusual shapes.
The Royal Institution · hear it here
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Shapes Ah. Shapes influence an entire Shape If shape
TED · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of shapes. 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.