How to pronounce shear
Listen to shear 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.
“shear” in real sentences
507 clips in the index · 274 American · 16 British · 30 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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my colleague Michael Shear.
The Atlantic · hear it here
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- Well, shear-- just to explain to the viewers-- compression and shear are kind of opposite
Smithsonian Air & Space · hear it here
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molten plastic and I Shear it and I hold and I Shear it and I hold
The Royal Institution · hear it here
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And I can shear it like that or I can shear it like this, up and
The Royal Society · hear it here
Why real speech
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