How to pronounce strive in American English
“strive” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to strive the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“strive” in real sentences — American speakers
955 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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strive for in personal level.
US Forest Service
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naturally strive to be excellent.
Census Bureau
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how to strive for greatness.
CDC
Words that sound like “strive”
Words one sound away from strive — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “strive”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of strive. 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.