How to pronounce simile
Listen to simile 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.
“simile” in real sentences
60 clips in the index · 1 American · 3 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Now, the praise name is obviously a simile, okay?
British Library · hear it here
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metaphor motif paradox personification point of view simile and verisimilitude
Andréa Gilroy's Class Lectures · hear it here
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squashed upon the roads in the summertime very poetic simile by chance Mr
Intelligence Squared · hear it here
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Maybe the best simile is that religion is like glitter – it gets in everything!
CrashCourse · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of simile. 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.