How to pronounce straightaway
Listen to straightaway 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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“straightaway” in real sentences
90 clips in the index · 11 American · 27 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Just do an experiment straightaway.
The Royal Society · hear it here
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make like Usain Bolt and thunder down the straightaway.
60 Minutes · hear it here
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I am not going to impose a time limit straightaway.
UK Parliament · hear it here
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I'd the pregnancy test, and it came back positive straightaway.
RNZ · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of straightaway. 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.