How to pronounce silences

Listen to silences 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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“silences” in real sentences

128 clips in the index · 10 American · 6 British · 4 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.

  1. translate silences into stories.

    British Library · hear it here

  2. It self-silences us, right?

    Big Think · hear it here

  3. We speak silences with greenish tongues.

    The Scottish Parliament · hear it here

  4. And like it or not that silences people.

    60 Minutes Australia · hear it here

Why real speech

A dictionary gives you one careful reading of silences. 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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