How to pronounce sleeve in American English
“sleeve” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to sleeve the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “sleeve” in: all accents
“sleeve” in real sentences — American speakers
150 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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wears his heart on his sleeve.
The Obama White House
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corps uniform which is a long blue sleeve shirt.
National Park Service
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trademark rolled up left sleeve showing off those guns.
National Archives
Words that sound like “sleeve”
Words one sound away from sleeve — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “sleeve”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of sleeve. 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.