How to pronounce smile
Listen to smile 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.
“smile” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 276 American · 239 British · 33 Australian · 8 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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smile is a smile of embarrassment or is a smile of enjoyment or joy.
The Royal Institution · hear it here
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It Sunshine Lane or Sun Smile Lane. >> Smile, yeah.
CBC News · hear it here
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sort of pretend everything's fine until you know it's like smile smile smile gun you know
The 92nd Street Y · hear it here
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Um that made me smile. It would make me smile that if
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
Why real speech
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