How to pronounce shoestring
Listen to shoestring 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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“shoestring” in real sentences
56 clips in the index · 14 American · 27 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Neighborhood programs run on a shoestring.
Dept of Justice · hear it here
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best to do it on a shoestring.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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you can get a meal on a shoestring budget of $5.
Intelligence Squared · hear it here
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So, and and I've done all this on a shoestring as well, bro.
The Diary Of A CEO · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of shoestring. 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.