How to pronounce stares
Listen to stares 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.
“stares” in real sentences
79 clips in the index · 7 American · 5 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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He stares straight ahead.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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And I usually get dumbfounded stares.
FAA · hear it here
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They're not for sale.” JR stares me down, weighing his options.
The Moth · hear it here
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for visitors to practice their hard stares and take their own self portrait.
British Library · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of stares. 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.