How to pronounce shortest

Listen to shortest 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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“shortest” in real sentences

523 clips in the index · 86 American · 122 British · 6 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.

  1. the shortest time possible.

    The Scottish Parliament · hear it here

  2. Some draw the shortest straws.

    Oxford Union · hear it here

  3. shortest routes between them all.

    60 Minutes · hear it here

  4. of, in the shortest distance.

    Big Think · hear it here

Why real speech

A dictionary gives you one careful reading of shortest. 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.

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