How to pronounce shelves in American English
“shelves” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to shelves the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “shelves” in: all accents · British English (283 clips)
“shelves” in real sentences — American speakers
259 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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shelves and pick things from the shelves these little orange robots bring the shelves to the
NIST
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shelves in libraries and bookstores now.
Smithsonian Air & Space
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the shelves, back in the 1970's.
NIH
Words that sound like “shelves”
Words one sound away from shelves — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “shelves”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of shelves. 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.