How to pronounce stiff
Listen to stiff 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.
“stiff” in real sentences
569 clips in the index · 115 American · 29 British · 6 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Leave them stiff as taxiderermy.
Oxford Union · hear it here
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But they've got stiff competition.
The Royal Institution · hear it here
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That is quite a stiff judgment.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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You get stiff arteries, plaque deposition.
The Diary Of A CEO · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of stiff. 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.