How to pronounce skirmish
Listen to skirmish 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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“skirmish” in real sentences
85 clips in the index · 19 American. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Skirmish on James Island South Carolina February 20th 1865.
US National Archives · hear it here
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I call it a skirmish because Iran has no chance.
Channel 4 News · hear it here
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This was the skirmish in front of the Battle of Guningtou.
ROCBOSS · hear it here
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was then basically in a skirmish with the Chinese at that time.
State Department · hear it here
Why real speech
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